Management of Hysterical Seizures in Epileptic Patients

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 78-81

  Ramani, Venkat ^a   Gumnit, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HYSTERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEIZURE; THERAPY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0020063099     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1982.00510140012003     Document Type: Article

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