Recognition of pseudoseizures in children and adolescents

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 851-857

  Stores, Gregory ^a  

^a Park Hospital for Children Oxford   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epilepsy; Pseudoseizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; PSEUDOSEIZURE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALINGERING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALINGERING; SEIZURES;

EID: 0033194678     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963099004266     Document Type: Review

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