Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10308909 | Seizure | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A pooled analysis of data from the literature shows that TB has great value in the differential diagnosis between epileptic seizures and syncope. Given a certain pre-test probability of seizures, the presence of TB greatly increases the chance that the patient had an epileptic seizure. Systematic reviews with pooled analyses (meta-analyses) of data from the literature allow an increase in statistical power and an improvement in precision, representing a useful tool to determine the accuracy of a certain physical finding in the differential diagnosis between seizures and other paroxysmal events.
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Authors
Francesco Brigo, Raffaele Nardone, Luigi Giuseppe Bongiovanni,