Multidimensional assessment of personality in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 743-748

  Reuber, M ^a   Pukrop, R ^b   Bauer, J ^c   Derfuss, R ^c   Elger, C E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE;

EID: 1942517838     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.013821     Document Type: Article

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