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Comment
. 2021 Nov;62(11):2875-2876.
doi: 10.1111/epi.17053. Epub 2021 Aug 24.

The true prevalence of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures is much higher than this

Ali A Asadi-Pooya  1   2
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The true prevalence of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures is much higher than this

Ali A Asadi-Pooya. Epilepsia. 2021 Nov.
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Keywords: dissociative; functional; psychogenic; seizure.

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