Pseudoseizure 'status'

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 495-498

  Rechlin, Thomas ^a,b   Loew, Thomas H ^a   Joraschky, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Factitious disease; Pseudoseizure 'status'; Pseudoseizures; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOGENESIS; SEIZURE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0030949705     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(97)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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