Diagnosis, Costs, and Utilization for Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures in a US Health Care Setting

Psychosomatics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-34

  Ahmedani, Brian K ^a   Osborne, Jeffrey ^b   Nerenz, David R ^a   Haque, Shamael ^a   Pietrantoni, Lisa ^a   Mahone, Deshawn ^a   Smith, Brien J ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875804018     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: 15457206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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