Diagnosing psychogenic movement disorders - Which criteria should be used in clinical practice? Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 134-135

  Voon, Valerie ^a   Lang, Anthony E ^b,c   Hallett, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; TREMOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947136450     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0408     Document Type: Short Survey

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