Differential diagnosis of sleep disorders, non-epileptic attacks and epileptic seizures

Curr Opin Neurol. 1998 Apr;11(2):135-9. doi: 10.1097/00019052-199804000-00010.

Abstract

Making a correct diagnosis in patients presenting with attack disorders is important. The clinical features of autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy and concussive seizures are reviewed. Recent work on the diagnosis and investigation of psychogenic non-epileptic attacks, drop attacks, falls, syncope and sleep disorders is discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy / diagnosis*
  • Epilepsy / physiopathology
  • Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / diagnosis*
  • Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Seizures / diagnosis*
  • Seizures / physiopathology
  • Seizures / psychology
  • Sleep Wake Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Sleep Wake Disorders / physiopathology
  • Syncope / diagnosis
  • Syncope / physiopathology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Video Recording