Diagnosis of epilepsy - consequences for work and professional activities

Balamurugan E., Aggarwal M., Lamba A., Dang N., Tripathi M.:Perceived trigger factors of seizures in persons with epilepsy. Seizure, 2013, 22: 743–747.10.1016/j.seizure.2013.05.018Search in Google Scholar

Bautista R.E., Shapovalov D., Saada F., Pizzi M.A.:The societal integration of individuals with epilepsy: perspectives for the 21^st. Epilepsy Behav., 2014, 35: 42–49.10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.04.006Search in Google Scholar

Benbadis S.R.:How many patients with pseudoseizures receive antiepileptic drugs prior to diagnosis? Eur. Neurol., 1999, 41: 114–115.10.1159/000008015Search in Google Scholar

Berufsgenossenschaftliche Information. Berufsgenossenschaftliche Information für Sicherheit und Gesundheit bei der Arbeit BGI 585:Empfehlungen zur Beurteilung beruflicher Möglichkeiten von Personen mit Epilepsie. s. l: Carl Heymanns Verlag, Januar 2007.Search in Google Scholar

Chowdhury R.N., Hasan M.H., Rahman K.M., Dev S.R., Amin M.A., Miah T.:Precipitating factor of seizure in epilepsy: experience in a tertiary care. Mymensingh Med. J., 2014, 23: 56–61.Search in Google Scholar

De Boer H.M.:Overview and Perspectives of Employment in People with Epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2005, 46 (Suppl. 1): 52–54.10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.461016.xSearch in Google Scholar

DGUV Information 250-001. Berufliche Beurteilung bei Epilepsie und nach erstem epileptischen Anfall. Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung e.V. (DGUV), Berlin, January 2015.Search in Google Scholar

Fisher R.S. Acevedo C., Arzimanoglou A., Bogacz A., Cross J.H., Elger C.E., Engel J. Jr. et al:ILAE official report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy. Epilepsia, 2014, 55: 475–482.10.1111/epi.12550Search in Google Scholar

Josephson C., Rahey S., Sadler R.M.:Neurocardiogenic Syncope: Frequency and Consequences of its Misdiagnosis as Epilepsy. Can. J. Neurol. Sci., 2007, 34: 221–224.10.1017/S0317167100006089Search in Google Scholar

Lesser R.P.:Psychogenic Seizures. Neurology, 1996, 46: 1499– 1507.10.1212/WNL.46.6.1499Search in Google Scholar

Martikainen K.K., Seppä K., Viita P.M., Rajala S.A., Luukkaala T.H., Keränen T.:Outcome and consequences according to the type of transient loss of consciousness: 1-year followup study among primary health care patients. J. Neurol., 2011, 258: 132–136.10.1007/s00415-010-5687-0Search in Google Scholar

Reuber M., Elger C.E.:Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: review and update. Epilepsy Behav., 2003, 4: 205–216.10.1016/S1525-5050(03)00104-5Search in Google Scholar

Scheepers B., Clough P., Pickles C.:The misdiagnosis of epilepsy: findings of a population study. Seizure, 1998, 7: 403–406.10.1016/S1059-1311(05)80010-XSearch in Google Scholar

Sigurdardottir K.R., Olafson E.:Incidence of psychogenic seizures in adults: a population-based study in Iceland. Epilepsia, 1998, 39: 749–752.10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01161.xSearch in Google Scholar

Smeets V.M., Lierop B.A., Vanhoutin J.P., Aldenkamp A.P., Nijhuis F.J.:Epilepsy and employment: literature review. Epilepsy Behav., 2007, 10: 354–362.10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.02.006Search in Google Scholar

Stefan H.:Epilepsien: Diagnose und Behandlung. Thieme, Stuttgart – New York 1999, 350–351.Search in Google Scholar

Thorbecke R., May T.W., Koch-Stoecker S., Ebner A., Bien C.G., Specht U.:Effects of an inpatient rehabilitation program after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery and other factors on employment 2 years after epilepsy surgery. Epilepsia, 2014, 55: 725–733.10.1111/epi.12573Search in Google Scholar

Wassenaar M., Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenité D.G., de Haan G.J., Carpay J.A., Leijten F.S.:Seizure precipitans in a community-based epilepsy cohort. J. Neurol., 2014; online DOI10.1007/s00415-014-7252-8.10.1007/s00415-014-7252-8Search in Google Scholar

Zaidi A., Clough P., Cooper P., Scheepers B., Fitzpatrick A.P.:Misdiagnosis of epilepsy: many seizure-like attacks have a cardiovascular cause. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., 2000, 36: 181–184.10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00700-2Search in Google Scholar