'Positive' inter-ictal clinical signs of functional neurological disorders are found in patients with functional dissociative seizures.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Prior studies highlighted the high diagnostic specificity (ranging from 92% to 100%) of clinical signs observed in functional neurological disorders (FNDs). However, these signs are rarely looked for by epileptologists when trying to distinguish between functional dissociative seizure (FDS) and epileptic seizure. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of inter-ictal clinical signs of FND in a cohort of patients with probable FDS. The secondary objective was to compare the prevalence of inter-ictal FND clinical signs in FDS patients with age- and gender-matched epileptic patients without FDS.

Methods

Patients diagnosed with FDS seen at two tertiary care centres and epileptic outpatients were included in the study. Each patient underwent a

SUBMITTER: Cheval M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11414800 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature