Epidemiology of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-65

  Asadi Pooya, Ali A ^a,b   Sperling, Michael R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Definition; Epidemiology; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEGLECT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; STANDARDIZATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; SEIZURES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

HUMANS; SEIZURES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84937972017     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.03.015     Document Type: Review

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