Clinical features of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures in prepubertal and pubertal patients with idiopathic epilepsy

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-323

  Verrotti, Alberto ^a   Agostinelli, Sergio ^a   Mohn, Angelika ^a   Manco, Rossella ^a   Coppola, Giangennaro ^b   Franzoni, Emilio ^c   Cerminara, Caterina ^d   Parisi, Pasquale ^e   Iannetti, Paola ^e   Spalice, Alberto ^e   Balestri, Paolo ^f   Grosso, Salvatore ^f   Chiarelli, Francesco ^a   Curatolo, Paolo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Idiopathic epilepsy; Psychogenic non epileptic seizures; Video EEG

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; PREPUBERTY; PSYCHOGENIC NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONVERSION DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PUBERTY; SEIZURES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67651004702     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0107-x     Document Type: Article

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