PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - W Couprie
AU  - E F Wijdicks
AU  - H G Rooijmans
AU  - J van Gijn
TI  - Outcome in conversion disorder: a follow up study.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.58.6.750
DP  - 1995 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 750--752
VI  - 58
IP  - 6
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/58/6/750.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/58/6/750.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1995 Jun 01; 58
AB  - Fifty six patients who had been admitted with a conversion disorder other than pseudoseizures were interviewed; mostly by telephone. The median interval was 4.5 years. If a patient had improved during a stay in hospital the eventual outcome was good in 96%, against only 30% in the others (risk ratio 3.2 (95% CI 1.8-5.6)). Rapid improvement was, in turn, related to recent onset of the symptoms. Two patients (4%) subsequently developed an organic deficit that, in retrospect, might be related to the initial episode.