Expanding the theory of symptom modeling in patents with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 407-409

  Bautista, Ramon Edmundo D ^a   Gonzales Salazar, Walter ^a   Ochoa, Juan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Pseudoseizures; Psychogenic seizures; Seizures; Symptom modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSEUDOEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 45649084109     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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