Clinical significance of recurrent psychogenic nonepileptic seizure status

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1355-1362

  Reuber, Markus ^a   Pukrop, Ralf ^b   Mitchell, Alex J ^c   Bauer, Jürgen ^d   Elger, Christian E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Personality; Pseudostatus; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Somatisation; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERSONALITY; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE STATUS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0344153479     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-0224-z     Document Type: Article

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