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Chapter 1 - Epidemiology and Classification of Nonepileptic Seizures

from Section 1 - Recognition, Diagnosis, and Impact of Nonepileptic Seizures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2018

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Jerzy P. Szaflarski ,
Magdalena Szaflarski  and
Barbara Hansen
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W. Curt LaFrance, Jr  and
Steven C. Schachter
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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Gates and Rowan's Nonepileptic Seizures , pp. 1 - 18
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