An estimate of the prevalence of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

Seizure

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 280-281

  Benbadis, Selim R ^a   Allen Hauser, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Non epileptic seizures; Prevalence; Pseudoseizures; Psychogenic seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0343526324     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.2000.0409     Document Type: Article

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