Pseudoseizures and asthma

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 639-641

  De Wet, C J ^a   Mellers, J D C ^a   Gardner, W N ^b   Toone, B K ^a,b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOSEIZURE; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOMATIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0038299956     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.5.639     Document Type: Article

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