Neuropsychiatric disorders: Does semiology of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures matter?

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 302-303

  LaFrance Jr , W Curt ^a   Plioplys, Sigita ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMONITORING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHILD; CONVERSION DISORDER; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84862280046     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2012.79     Document Type: Short Survey

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