Hypnotic recall: A positive criterion in the differential diagnosis between epileptic and pseudoepileptic seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 485-491

  Kuyk, Jarl ^c   Spinhoven, Philip ^a   Van Dyck, Richard ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Instituut voor Epilepsiebestrijding   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Hypnosis; Hypnotizability; Pseudoepileptic seizures; Recall

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFABULATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPNOSIS; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RECALL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032958096     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00745.x     Document Type: Article

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