Schizophrenia-like psychosis and epilepsy: The status of the association

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-336

  Sachdev, Perminder ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLOZAPINE; DIZOCILPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENACEMIDE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PHENYTOIN; SUCCINIMIDE DERIVATIVE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031917792     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.3.325     Document Type: Review

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