Functional symptoms in neurology: Mimics and chameleons

Practical Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-113

  Stone, Jon ^a   Reuber, Markus ^b   Carson, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGY;

EID: 84875747403     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: 14747766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2012-000422     Document Type: Review

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