Gender differences in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-39

  Oto, M ^a   Conway, P ^a   McGonigal, A ^a   Russell, A J ^a   Duncan, R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Non epileptic attack disorder; Non epileptic seizures; Pseudoseizures; Psychogenic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUAIFENESIN; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 12144263305     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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