Clinical features of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A study of 64 cases in southwest China

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 408-411

  An, Dong mei ^a   Wu, Xin tong ^a   Yan, Bo ^a   Mu, Jie ^a   Zhou, Dong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Dissociative seizures; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649336178     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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