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Chapter 8 - Hypnosis for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures and Psychogenic Movement Disorders

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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2018

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Sepideh N. Bajestan ,
David Spiegel  and
John J. Barry
Edited by
W. Curt LaFrance, Jr  and
Steven C. Schachter
W. Curt LaFrance, Jr
Affiliation:
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. 90 - 98
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