New-onset psychogenic seizures after surgery for epilepsy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 726-730

  Ney, Gershon C ^a,b   Barr, William B ^a   Napolitano, Carline ^a   Decker, Robert ^a   Schaul, Neil ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOBECTOMY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031976942     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.5.726     Document Type: Article

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