Clinical and psychosocial characteristics of children with nonepileptic seizures

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-163

  Chinta, Sri ^a   Malhi, Prahbhjot ^a   Singhi, Pratibha ^a   Prabhakar, Sudesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Nonepileptic seizures; Psychosocial stress; Short term outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY MEASUREMENT SCHEDULE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFE EVENTS SCALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 52149107906     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.42935     Document Type: Article

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