Episodic neurological dysfunction due to mass hysteria

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1269-1272

  Roach, E Steve ^a   Langley, Ricky L ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CIVIL DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PANIC; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOSEIZURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERIA; MASS BEHAVIOR; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 4043096413     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.8.1269     Document Type: Article

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