Personality Assessment Inventory among patients with psychogenic seizures and those with epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Marc Testa, S ^a,b   Lesser, Ronald P ^b   Krauss, Gregory L ^b   Brandt, Jason ^b  

^a BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Personality Assessment Inventory; Psychogenic seizures; Psychological testing; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEIZURES;

EID: 79960904498     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03141.x     Document Type: Article

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