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Diagnostic delay and associated clinical factors in a sample of South African patients with functional seizures.
Gabriele Vilyte, Victoria Ives-Deliperi, James Butler, Chrisma Pretorius
Published: 202610.1016/j.yebeh.2025.110843
Abstract
PURPOSE: Functional seizures (FS) are often associated with substantial diagnostic delay. This can impact patients' quality of life, delay appropriate treatment and cause iatrogenic harms. The delay is also hypothesised to be worse in low- to middle-…
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