Pseudoneurologic syndromes: Recognition and diagnosis

American Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2485-2494

  Shaibani, Aziz ^a   Sabbagh, Marwan N ^b  

^a Houston Neurocare   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; COMA; DISEASE SIMULATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; PARALYSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032524414     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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