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Pediatric epilepsy may be misdiagnosed as GI disease


 

FROM EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR


“A careful review of a patient’s medical history and a detailed description of paroxysmal episodes are the most important tools to reduce diagnostic errors,” they said.

No funding sources were reported. The researchers reported having no conflicts of interest.

SOURCE: Carbonari G et al. Epilepsy Behav. 2018 Apr 26. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.03.034.

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