Medically Unexplained Neurologic Symptoms: A Primer for Physicians Who Make the Initial Encounter Ashley Evens, BS, Lindsay Vendetta, BS, Kaitlin Krebs,

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Medically Unexplained Neurologic Symptoms: A Primer for Physicians Who Make the Initial Encounter Ashley Evens, BS, Lindsay Vendetta, BS, Kaitlin Krebs, BA, Priyantha Herath, MD, PhD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 128, Issue 10, Pages 1059-1064 (October 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.03.030 Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Overlap between terminologies. ICD 10 = International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision. The American Journal of Medicine 2015 128, 1059-1064DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.03.030) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Examples of useful clinical examination findings seen in patients with neurologic symptoms of nonorganic origin. The American Journal of Medicine 2015 128, 1059-1064DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.03.030) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions