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Functional neurological disorders: mechanisms and treatment

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Functional neurological disorders are common problems in neurologic practice. In the past decade there has been an increasing interest in this group of disorders both from a clinical as well as research point of view. In this review, we highlight some of the most salient and exciting publications from recent years focusing especially on new findings illuminating mechanism and studies examining treatment.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

    Alexander Lehn

  2. School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Alexander Lehn

  3. University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Neurology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Jeannette Gelauff

  4. Department of Neurosciences, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK

    Ingrid Hoeritzauer

  5. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK

    Lea Ludwig, Stevie Williams, Paula Gardiner, Alan Carson & Jon Stone

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Lehn, A., Gelauff, J., Hoeritzauer, I. et al. Functional neurological disorders: mechanisms and treatment. J Neurol 263, 611–620 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-015-7893-2

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