Lactate as a Diagnostic Marker in Transient Loss of Consciousness

Revealing the etiology of transient impairments of consciousness is an interdisciplinary task, which often remains unsuccessful despite a wide range of available diagnostic tests. From a neurological perspective it is important to discriminate epileptic and non-epileptic events. Syncopes and psychogenic non-epileptic seizures in particular can be difficult to distinguish from epileptic seizures.

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