Methodological issues in conducting treatment trials for psychological nonepileptic seizures

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-398

  LaFrance Jr , W Curt ^a,b   Blum, Andrew S ^a   Miller, Ivan W ^a   Ryan, Christine E ^a   Keitner, Gabor I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PUBLICATION; RATING SCALE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 36348971051     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2007.19.4.391     Document Type: Article

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