Table 3 Diagnosis of 87 children discharged without a diagnosis of epilepsy.
| Diagnosis | No. | |
|---|---|---|
| Staring episodes | 46 | |
| Mental retardation (n = 22) | ||
| Autism/Asperger syndrome (n = 4) | ||
| Learning disorder (n = 3) | ||
| Self stimulation (n = 2) | ||
| Abnormal EEG (n = 7) | ||
| Normal child (n = 8) | ||
| Psychogenic non‐epileptic seizures (PNES) | 9 | |
| Syncope | 4 | |
| Dystonia | 4 | |
| Parasomnias | 4 | |
| Hyperventilation attacks | 3 | |
| Migraine | 3 | |
| Breath holding spells | 2 | |
| Munchhausen by proxy | 2 | |
| Narcolepsy, Gilles de la Tourette, benign tremor, febrile convulsions | 4 | |
| Not clarified | 6 |