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SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY
Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 280-281Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2000.0409
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pseudoseizures; non-epileptic seizures; psychogenic seizures; prevalence
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The prevalence of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures is difficult to estimate. We propose an estimate based on a calculation. We used the following data, which are known or have been estimated, and are generally accepted. A prevalence of epilepsy of 0.5-1%; a proportion of intractable epilepsy of 20-30%; a percentage of these referred to epilepsy centers of 20-50%; and a percentage of patients referred to epilepsy centers that are psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: 10-20%. Using the low estimates, the prevalence of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures would be 1/50 000. Using the high estimates, the prevalence of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures would be 1/3000. The prevalence of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures is somewhere between 1/50 000 and 1/3000, or 2 to 33 per 100 000, making it a significant neurologic condition. (C) 2000 BEA Trading Ltd.
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