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Chapter 22 - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Abuse, and Trauma

Relationships to Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

from Section 4 - Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Considerations in Adults with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2018

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Elizabeth S. Bowman
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W. Curt LaFrance, Jr
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Gates and Rowan's Nonepileptic Seizures , pp. 231 - 244
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