Phenotype-Specific Diagnosis of Functional (Psychogenic) Movement Disorders

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Espay, Alberto J ^a,c   Lang, Anthony E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Functional movement disorders; Psychogenic movement disorders

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTRACTIBILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FUNCTIONAL DYSTONIA; FUNCTIONAL GAIT DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL MYOCLONUS; FUNCTIONAL PARKINSONISM; FUNCTIONAL PSYCHOGENIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; FUNCTIONAL TIC; FUNCTIONAL TREMOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATIZATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84928690232     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: 15346293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-015-0556-y     Document Type: Review

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