Comparison of MMPI-2 profiles of Gulf War veterans with epileptic and nonepileptic seizure patients

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Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-78

  Binder, Laurence M ^a,b   Storzbach, Daniel ^a,b   Campbell, Keith A ^a,b   Rohlman, Diane S ^a,b   Anger, W Kent ^a,b   Salinsky, Martin C ^b   Campbell, Brian R ^c   Mueller, Reed ^d  

^a Portland Environmental Research Center   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Malcolm Grow Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^d Pacific Evaluation and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Epileptic seizures; Gulf war unexplained illnesses; MMPI 2; Nonepileptic seizures; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MONITORING; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS; VETERAN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; VETERANS;

EID: 0034146053     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110000700106     Document Type: Article

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