Partial seizure-like symptoms in borderline personality disorder

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 433-438

  Harris, Catherine L ^a   Dinn, Wayne M ^a   Marcinkiewicz, Jonathan A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Heywood Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Interictal; Neuropsychological; Partial seizures; Temporolimbic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; RECALL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0036816369     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(02)00521-8     Document Type: Article

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