Factors influencing the occurrence of schizophrenia-like psychosis in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1975, Pages 249-254

  Taylor, David C ^a  

^a Park Hospital for Children Oxford   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; DOMINANCE; DYSPLASIA; EPILEPSY; HANDEDNESS; HEMATOMA; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THERAPY;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; LATERALITY; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0016788016     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700056609     Document Type: Article

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