Closing the Diagnostic Gap in Epilepsy: Recognizing More Than Just Motor Seizures

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Claude Steriade. Epilepsy Curr. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 16;21(3):173-174.

doi: 10.1177/1535759721994807. eCollection 2021 May-Jun.

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Focal nonmotor versus motor seizures: The impact on diagnostic delay in focal epilepsy.
Pellinen J, Tafuro E, Yang A, Price D, Friedman D, Holmes M, Barnard S, Detyniecki K, Hegde M, Hixson J, Haut S, Kälviäinen R, French J; Human Epilepsy Project Co-Investigators. Pellinen J, et al. Epilepsia. 2020 Dec;61(12):2643-2652. doi: 10.1111/epi.16707. Epub 2020 Oct 19. Epilepsia. 2020. PMID: 33078409

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