Frontal-complex partial status epilepticus misdiagnosed as bipolar affective disorder in a 75-year-old man

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 158-160

  Pascualy, Marcella ^a,d   Tsuang, Debby ^a,d   Shores, Molly ^a,c,d   Agustin, Christina ^c   Krause, Eric ^d   Spain, William ^b,d   Bird, Thomas ^b,d   Peskind, Elaine ^a,c,d  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Legal Medicine Consultants   (United States)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPILEPTIC STATE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031427436     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198879701000406     Document Type: Article

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