Cluster analysis of clinical seizure semiology of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 610-614

  Groppel G ^a   Kapitany, T ^a   Baumgartner, C ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Classification; Differential diagnosis; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034061379     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00216.x     Document Type: Article

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