Religious experiences in epileptic patients with a focus on ictus-related episodes

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-325

  Ogata, Akira ^a,b   Miyakawa, Taihei ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bio psycho social factor; Epilepsy; Ictus related; Interictal; Religious experiences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; RELIGION; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031836794     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1998.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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