Preictal pseudosleep: A new finding in psychogenic seizures

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-67

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a,c   Lancman, Marcelo E ^b   King, Lynn M ^a   Swanson, Sara J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0030054377     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.1.63     Document Type: Article

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