Quality of life outcome is associated with cessation rather than reduction of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 455-459

  Quigg, Mark ^a   Armstrong, Robert F ^a   Farace, Elena ^a   Fountain, Nathan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Intensive monitoring; Pseudoseizures; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0036815974     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(02)00524-3     Document Type: Article

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