Clinical features of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures (PNES): Analysis of a Brazilian series

Journal of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-40

  De Paola, Luciano ^a,b   Silvado, Carlos ^a,b   Mäder, Maria Joana ^a,b   Minhoto, Gisele R ^a,b   Werneck, Lineu C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Hospital XV   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nonepileptic seizures; Pseudo seizures; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 34547870598     PISSN: 16762649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1676-26492006000100008     Document Type: Article

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