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Are we missing non-motor seizures in Parkinson's disease? Two case reports.

Andre Y SonAlberto CuccaShashank AgarwalAnli LiuAlessandro Di RoccoMilton C Biagioni
Published in: Journal of clinical movement disorders (2017)
Diagnosing non-motor seizures can be challenging. However, PD patients pose an even greater challenge given their eclectic non-motor clinical manifestations and other disease-related complications that could confound and mislead adequate clinical interpretation. Our two cases provide examples of non-motor seizures that may mimic non-motor symptoms of PD. Treating physicians should always consider other possible causes of non-motor symptoms that may coexist in PD patients. Epilepsy work-up should be contemplated in the differential of acute changes in cognition, behavior, or alertness.
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