Epilepsy and behavior: Controversies and caveats

Neurologist

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 155-172

  Weisbrot, Deborah M ^a,b   Ettinger, Alan B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Anxiety; Behavior; Depression; Epilepsy; Psychopathology; Psychosis; Psychotropic agents; Seizures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010277653     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00127893-199705000-00003     Document Type: Article

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