Usefulness of short-term video EEG recording with saline induction in pseudoseizures

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 363-366

  Bhatia, M ^a   Sinha, P K ^a   Jain, S ^a   Padma, M V ^a   Maheshwari, M C ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Placebo induction; Pseudoseizures; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; SCREENING; SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0030857446     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00226.x     Document Type: Article

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