Postictal psychosis after temporal lobectomy

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1432-1435

  Christodoulou, C ^a   Koutroumanidis, M ^a,b   Hennessy, M J ^a   Elwes, R D C ^a   Polkey, C E ^a   Toone, B K ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0037069296     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000031429.25067.64     Document Type: Article

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