A Comparison of MMPI-2 Decision Rules in the Diagnosis of Nonepileptic Seizures

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 793-804

  Cragar, Dona E ^a   Schmitt, Frederick A ^a,b,c   Berry, David T R ^a   Cibula, Jean E ^d   Dearth, Chantel M S ^a   Fakhoury, Toufic A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0242352335     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.25.6.793.16471     Document Type: Article

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