Acute isolated aphasia as a challenging symptom in the emergency setting: Predictors of epileptic mimic versus ischemic stroke

ConclusionsOur study underscores the importance of an accurate clinical bed-side assessment as the first step in the diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making process for patients presenting with aphasia. The detection of clinical and anamnestic features associated with an epileptic SM could be useful for the diagnostic process and for time-critical treatments.
Source: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience - Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research