Running down phenomenon and acute interictal psychosis in medial temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-36

  Kanemoto, Kousuke ^a   Miyamoto, Toshio ^a   Kawasaki, Jun ^a  

^a UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute interictal psychosis; Medial temporal lobe epilepsy; Running down phenomemon; Secondary epileptogenesis

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; PHENYTOIN; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; RECURRENCE; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033983310     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(99)00102-3     Document Type: Article

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