Saline Activation of Pseudoepileptic Seizures: Clinical EEG and Neuropsychiatric Observations

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 171-176

  Drake, Miles E ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG Monitoring; Epilepsy; Pseudoseizures; Saline Activation; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEIZURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE INFUSION;

ADULT; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0021845216     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: 21695202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005948501600313     Document Type: Article

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