Aggressive behaviour at a residential epilepsy centre

Seizure

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-64

  Bogdanovic, M D ^a   Mead, S H ^a   Duncan, J S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Epilepsy; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OFFENDER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033951175     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0363     Document Type: Article

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