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Fibromyalgia and seizures Volume 18, issue 2, June 2016

Figure 1

Among the patients with FM, 6% (95% CI: 3%, 13%) had ES, 42% (95% CI: 33%, 52%) had PNES, 8% (95% CI: 4%, 16%) had PhysNEE, and 43% (95% CI: 34%, 53%) had non-paroxysmal neurological symptoms. In the case-matched control group, 20% (95% CI: 13%, 29%) had ES, 27% (95% CI: 19%, 37%) had PNES, 6% (95% CI: 3%, 13%) had PhysNEE, and 46% (95%: CI 37%, 56%) had non-paroxysmal neurological symptoms.

ES: epileptic seizures; FM: fibromyalgia; PhysNEE: physiological non-epileptic events; PNES: psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.

Figure 2

Demographics of a cohort of patients with FM (n = 95) and a case-matched cohort without FM (n = 95). FM: fibromyalgia.