Lower extremity paralysis after operative laparoscopy from conversion disorder: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 831-835

  Berhane, Leah ^a,b   Kurman, Roz ^a,b   Smith, Samuel ^a  

^a HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Sinai Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Extremity; Laparoscopic surgical procedures; Lower; Paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERIA; LAPAROSCOPY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ADULT; CONVERSION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARIAN CYSTS; PARAPLEGIA;

EID: 0031709087     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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