Nonepileptic psychogenic status: Markedly prolonged psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-68

  Dworetzky, Barbara A ^a   Bubrick, Ellen J ^a   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus statement; Epilepsy; Monitoring; Nonepileptic psychogenic status; Prolonged psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Psychiatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONSENSUS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PSYCHOGENESIS; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77956618191     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.06.052     Document Type: Article

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