Predictive factors for outcome of nonepileptic seizures after diagnosis

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 458-463

  Ettinger, Alan B ^a   Dhoon, Aliasgar ^b   Weisbrot, Deborah M ^b   Devinsky, Orrin ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LAW SUIT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0032751062     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.11.4.458     Document Type: Article

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