Functional weakness and sensory loss

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-309

  Lanska, Douglas J ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion; Paralysis; Psychogenic; Sensory loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DROP TEST; BABINSKI THIGH TRUNK TEST; BOWLUS CURRIER TEST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL WEAKNESS; HEMIPARESIS; HOOVER TEST; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY LOSS; SLEEP; SONOO ABDUCTOR TEST; WEAKNESS; YES NO TEST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33745728758     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-945516     Document Type: Review

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