Comorbid Psychiatric Symptoms in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Association with Chronicity of Epilepsy and Impact on Quality of Life

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 184-190

  Hermann, Bruce P ^a   Seidenberg, Michael ^b   Bell, Brian ^a   Woodard, Austin ^a,c   Rutecki, Paul ^a,c   Sheth, Raj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b The Chicago Medical College   (United States)

^c WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of life; temporal lobe epilepsy; complex partial seizures; behavior; mood; depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012358074     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2000.0066     Document Type: Article

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