Mass hysteria with pseudoseizures at a South African high school

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 697-699

  Mkize, Dan Lamla ^a   Ndabeni, Reginald Tandabantu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CIVIL DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL STRESS; RELIGION; SEIZURE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERIA; SEIZURES; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS;

EID: 0036739009     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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