Nonepileptic seizures: Diagnosis and management

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages

  Krumholz, Allan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MALINGERING; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0033595457     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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