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February 12, 2019; 92 (7) Editorial

Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, conversion, and somatic symptom disorders

Selim R. Benbadis
First published January 4, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000006838
Selim R. Benbadis
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Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures, conversion, and somatic symptom disorders
Selim R. Benbadis
Neurology Feb 2019, 92 (7) 311-312; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006838

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vol. 92 no. 7 311-312
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000006838
PubMed: 
30610096

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • First Published January 4, 2019.

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© 2019 American Academy of Neurology

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    1. Selim R. Benbadis, MD
  1. Selim R. Benbadis, MD
  2. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. Advisory Board for Cyberonics/LivaNova, Eisai, Greenwich, Lundbeck, Neuropace, Sunovion.

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Editorial Board: Emedicine-Medscape-WebMD, European Neurology, Epileptic Disorders, Epilepsy and Behavior, Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics.

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. 1. UpToDate. 2. Medscape/WebMD.

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. Cyberonics/LivaNova, Eisai, Greenwich, Lundbeck, Neuropace, Sunovion.

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. Speakers Bureau: Cyberonics/LivaNova, Eisai, Greenwich, Lundbeck, Neuropace, Sunovion.

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical procedures or imaging studies:
    1. The University of South Florida (Tampa General Hospital) Epilepsy Center is a level-4 center, and as such performs all available treatment: medications, neurostimulation, and surgery.

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. Clinical trials: Cavion, LivaNova, GW, Sunovion, UCB.

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

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    Dr. Benbadis sbenbadi{at}health.usf.edu
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    Submitted January 25, 2019
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    • Nitin K. Sethi, Associate Professor of Neurology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center (New York, NY)
    Submitted January 13, 2019
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