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Section 3 - Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Considerations in Children and Adolescents with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2018

W. Curt LaFrance, Jr
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Brown Medical School, Providence
Steven C. Schachter
Affiliation:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
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