Nonepileptic seizures: Classification, coexistence with epilepsy, diagnosis, therapeutic approaches, and consensus

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-33

  Gates, John R ^a,b  

^a MINNESOTA EPILEPSY GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0036487114     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2001.0310     Document Type: Article

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