Lessons from a Neurologist After 25 Years of Functional Neurological Disorder Subspeciality Practice

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False Positive Hoover’s Sign in Apraxia.

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Why functional neurological disorder is not feigning or malingering.

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You’ve made the diagnosis of functional neurological disorder: now what?.

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Prognosis of functional neurologic disorders.

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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Health Anxiety: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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