a university of saskatchewan research team lead by neurologists dr. jose téllez-zenteno and dr. alexandra carter recently published a paper finding that potentially around 2,000 patients in saskatchewan, and 72,000 across canada, may have been misdiagnosed as epileptic.
he said these patients are actually suffering from pnes — a psychological condition, generally stemming from
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because téllez-zenteno and carter are the only epilepsy specialists in saskatchewan, the wait for testing can be up to two years. carter says it’s not unusual during this wait for patients who have already been misdiagnosed to be on medications that don’t treat the condition and sometimes make it worse.
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