Frequency of epilepsy in patients with psychogenic seizures monitored by video-EEG

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1791-1792

  Martin, Roy C ^a   Burneo, J G ^a   Prasad, A ^a   Powell, T ^a   Faught, E ^a   Knowlton, R ^a   Mendez, M ^b   Kuzniecky, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RELIABILITY; SEIZURE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0346103685     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000098890.13946.F5     Document Type: Article

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