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Pseudoseizures as a complication of painful cervical ribs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1999

A L Evans
A L Evans
Affiliation:
Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK
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Abstract

An 8-year-old girl is described who presented with seizures. These were subsequently found to be pseudoseizures, with no EEG changes. They were provoked by pain from cervical ribs. This cause of pain-provoked pseudoseizures has not previously been described.

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Case Reports
Information
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology , Volume 41 , Issue 12 , December 1999 , pp. 840 - 842
Copyright
© 1999 Mac Keith Press

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