Personality disorders among medically refractory epileptic patients

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 464-469

  Lopez Rodriguez, Faustino ^a   Altshuler, Lori ^a   Kay, Joanne ^a   Delarhim, Sandra ^a   Mendez, Mario ^a   Engel Jr , Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0032721295     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.11.4.464     Document Type: Article

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