Clinical profile and outcome of conversion disorder in children in a tertiary hospital of North India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-214

  Ghosh, Jayant K ^a   Majumder, Pallab ^a   Pant, Pragya ^a   Dutta, Ranju ^a   Bhatia, Bal Dev ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood; Conversion disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE RISK; SEIZURE; SIBLING RELATION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONVERSION DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447643441     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml088     Document Type: Article

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