Non-epileptic seizures may be misdiagnosed longer in veterans

Monday, September 5, 2011 - 15:30 in Health & Medicine

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures may go undiagnosed for much longer in veterans compared to civilians, according to a new study published in the September 6, 2011, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. This type of seizure is different from seizures related to epilepsy and is thought to have a psychological origin.

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