Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures in US veterans

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 945-950

  Salinsky, Martin ^a   Spencer, David ^a   Boudreau, Eilis ^a   Ferguson, Felicia ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055083482     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31822cfc46     Document Type: Article

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