Pediatric case study and review: Is it a conversion disorder?

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-193

  Spratt, Eve G ^a,c   Thomas, Stephanie G ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Conversion disorder; Diagnostic errors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PARESIS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SPINAL CORD; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 57749184840     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.38.2.e     Document Type: Article

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