Epilepsy and functional/dissociative seizures: Dr. Wesley Kerr and Dr. Shruti Iyer

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Dr. Wesley Kerr and Dr. Shruti Iyer discuss their study on categorizing the probability of epilepsy in patients with functional dissociative seizures.

Send comments and feedback In this Sharp Waves podcast episode “Epilepsy and Functional/Dissociative Seizures,” Wesley Kerr, MD, PhD, a statistician and epileptologist at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, joins Shruti Iyer, MD, a third year neurology resident at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, to discuss their recently published study on categorizing the probability of epilepsy in patients already diagnosed with functional dissociative seizures (FDS). The conversation highligh...

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Guests: Wesley Kerr, Shruti Iyer

Topics covered

• epilepsy
• functional seizures
• dissociative seizures
• neurology
• research
• medical study

Keywords

• epilepsy
• functional seizures
• dissociative seizures
• neurology
• medical research
• University of Pittsburgh

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Organizations: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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