Psychogenic non epileptic seizure status - diagnostic and treatment challenge.
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PSYCHOGENIC NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURE STATUS – DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CHALLENGE Silvio Basic, Ivana Markovic , Davor Sporis, Ivana Susak Sporis & Igor Filipcic Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Medicine, Osijek, Croatia Department of Neurology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia Psychiatric Hospital „Sveti Ivan“, Zagreb, Croatia School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Psychiatria Danubina
دوره 29 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017