Psychogenic seizures: Clinical features and psychological analysis

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-245

  Abubakr, Abuhuziefa ^a   Kablinger, Anita ^b   Caldito, Gloria ^c  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHYSICIAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOGENESIS; SEIZURE; SEXUAL ABUSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0141503510     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(03)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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