Epilepsy: Mimics, borderland and chameleons

Practical Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 299-307

  Smith, Phil E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FAINTNESS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84866402521     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: 14747766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2012-000304     Document Type: Review

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