Conversion disorder presenting as multiple sclerosis

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 709-710

  Russo, Michael B ^a   Brooks, Franklin R ^b   Fontenot, Jason ^b   Dopier, Bruce M ^b   Neely, Edward T ^b   Halliday, Alan W ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHOANALYSIS;

EID: 3543049946     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.10.709     Document Type: Article

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