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Non- or pseudoepileptic seizures?
  1. J KUYK
  1. Instituut voor Epilepsiebestrijding, POB 21, 2100 AA Heemstede, The Netherlands
  2. University Hospital Utrecht, Department of Clinical Neuro-Physiology, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht
  1. Dr J Kuyk, Instituut voor Epilepsiebestrijding, POB 21, 2100 AA Heemstede, The Netherlands.
  1. F S S LEIJTEN
  1. Instituut voor Epilepsiebestrijding, POB 21, 2100 AA Heemstede, The Netherlands
  2. University Hospital Utrecht, Department of Clinical Neuro-Physiology, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht
  1. Dr J Kuyk, Instituut voor Epilepsiebestrijding, POB 21, 2100 AA Heemstede, The Netherlands.

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We agree with Scull that consensus is badly needed for the nomenclature of manifestations which mimic, but are not, epileptic seizures.1 His plea for using the term “non-epileptic seizure”, however, is unconvincing. Non-epileptic seizures cover a wide range of diagnoses, both organic and psychogenic.2 It is evident that, after it has been proved that seizures are not epileptic, another diagnosis should be …

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