The unbearable lightheadedness of seizing: Wilful submission to dissociative (non-epileptic) seizures

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 822-824

  Stone, Jon ^a   Carson, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE SEIZURE; DIZZINESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LETTER; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; SEIZURE; SWEATING; UNPLEASANT SENSATION;

EID: 84878754471     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-304842     Document Type: Letter

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