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A Psychodynamic Understanding of Conversion Nonepileptic Seizures in a Young Woman with Acquired Blindness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Jocelyn Soffer ,
Kenneth R. Alper  and
Samuel Basch
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Ms. G is a 19-year-old African-American female with acquired blindness and a seizure disorder following a ruptured cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in 2001. She currently lives with her mother, brother, and dog, and attends 10th grade in special education at a public high school.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 13 , Issue 7 , July 2008 , pp. 575 - 584
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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