title: Diagnosis of functional neurological disease.
abstract: Functional disease is a common and difficult problem in clinical neurology. A thorough appraisal should be undertaken before concluding that a patient's problem is not physically based. This article describes symptoms and signs of potential value in the diagnosis of such disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Leeds General Infirmary.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hawkes
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D001416:Back Pain / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000523:psychology; D006261:Headache / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000523:psychology; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D008306:Malingering; D010808:Physical Examination; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology