Re: We need a functioning name for PNES

Affiliations

¹ Epilepsy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: aliasadipooya@yahoo.com.

Comment

Ali A Asadi-Pooya. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug:109:107087.

doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107087. Epub 2020 Apr 16.

¹ Epilepsy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Jefferson Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: aliasadipooya@yahoo.com.

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Keywords: Dissociative; Functional; Psychogenic; Seizure.

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest None.

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We need a functioning name for PNES: Consider dissociative seizures.
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