Psychogenic (nonepileptic) seizures

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-350

  Krumholz, Allan ^a,b   Hopp, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonepileptic seizures; Pseudoseizures; Psychogenic seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOGENIC PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOGENIC SEIZURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33745700725     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-945520     Document Type: Review

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