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Chapter 12 - Cultural Aspects of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

from Section 2 - Nonepileptic Seizures: Culture, Cognition, and Personality Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2018

By
Alfonso Martínez-Taboas ,
Roberto Lewis-Fernández  and
Vedat Sar
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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. 137 - 149
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