Functional seizures? "So I still have seizures, right?"

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Selim R Benbadis. Epilepsy Behav. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug:109:107082.

doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107082. Epub 2020 May 22.

¹ University of South Florida, 2 Tampa General Circle, Tampa, FL 33606, United States. Electronic address: sbenbadi@usf.edu.

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Keywords: DSM5; Functional; Psychogenic seizure; Terminology.

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