Panic disorder or temporal lobe epilepsy: A diagnostic problem in an adolescent girl

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-239

  Pegna, C ^a   Perri, A ^a   Lenti, C ^a  

^a Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche E Psichiatriche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Panic attacks; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPERSONALIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANIC; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PANIC DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDERS;

EID: 0032706435     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007870050134     Document Type: Article

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