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Article: Data from University of Leeds advance knowledge in epilepsy.(Report)
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- November 18, 2009
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"This study was carried out to test the suggestion that close interactional and linguistic examination of the communication between neurologists and patients during a first encounter can contribute to the differential diagnosis of epilepsy or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Twenty unselected patients admitted for video/EEG telemetry because of diagnostic uncertainty were included," investigators in Sheffield, the United Kingdom report (see also Epilepsy).
"Two linguists blinded to all medical data independently studied video recordings and transcripts of 25- to 35-minute interactions. They attempted to predict the medical diagnosis on the basis of qualitative ...
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