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Epilepsy must be differentiated from:
Epilepsy must be differentiated from:
* Psychogenic nonepileptic attacks:  
* Psychogenic nonepileptic attacks:  
** Psychogenic nonepileptic attacks most commonly happens in young women and is the most common disease misdiagnosed with epilepsy.
** Psychogenic nonepileptic attacks most commonly happens in young women and is the most common disease misdiagnosed with epilepsy.<ref name="pmid15329081">{{cite journal |vauthors=Benbadis SR, O'Neill E, Tatum WO, Heriaud L |title=Outcome of prolonged video-EEG monitoring at a typical referral epilepsy center |journal=Epilepsia |volume=45 |issue=9 |pages=1150–3 |date=September 2004 |pmid=15329081 |doi=10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.14504.x |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16531122">{{cite journal |vauthors=Behrouz R, Heriaud L, Benbadis SR |title=Late-onset psychogenic nonepileptic seizures |journal=Epilepsy Behav |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=649–50 |date=May 2006 |pmid=16531122 |doi=10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.02.003 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid16769934">{{cite journal |vauthors=Duncan R, Oto M, Martin E, Pelosi A |title=Late onset psychogenic nonepileptic attacks |journal=Neurology |volume=66 |issue=11 |pages=1644–7 |date=June 2006 |pmid=16769934 |doi=10.1212/01.wnl.0000223320.94812.7a |url=}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Differentiating [Disease name] from other Diseases

Epilepsy must be differentiated from:

  • Psychogenic nonepileptic attacks:
    • Psychogenic nonepileptic attacks most commonly happens in young women and is the most common disease misdiagnosed with epilepsy.[1][2][3]

References

  1. Benbadis SR, O'Neill E, Tatum WO, Heriaud L (September 2004). "Outcome of prolonged video-EEG monitoring at a typical referral epilepsy center". Epilepsia. 45 (9): 1150–3. doi:10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.14504.x. PMID 15329081.
  2. Behrouz R, Heriaud L, Benbadis SR (May 2006). "Late-onset psychogenic nonepileptic seizures". Epilepsy Behav. 8 (3): 649–50. doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.02.003. PMID 16531122.
  3. Duncan R, Oto M, Martin E, Pelosi A (June 2006). "Late onset psychogenic nonepileptic attacks". Neurology. 66 (11): 1644–7. doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000223320.94812.7a. PMID 16769934.

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