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Functional neurological symptoms occur commonly in healthy adults: implications for the pathophysiology of FND

2026-02-28 neurology Title + abstract only
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ObjectivesFunctional neurological symptoms which do not meet clinical definitions of functional neurological disorder (FND) are common in clinical practice. Understanding the distinction between these benign functional symptoms and FND is crucial in defining FND as an entity for study, and as a clinical syndrome. We aimed to measure the frequency of functional symptoms in people who do not have FND. MethodsA survey was administered to 95 clinicians who attended an international conference on F...

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