Early outcomes and predictors in 260 patients with psychogenic nonepileptic attacks

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-69

  McKenzie, P ^a   Oto, M ^a   Russell, A ^a   Pelosi, A ^b   Duncan, R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAIRMYRES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC ATTACK; SOCIAL SECURITY; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMPLOYMENT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049136076     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c7da6a     Document Type: Article

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