The nature of aggression during epileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 550-556

  Delgado Escueta, Antonio V ^a   Mattson, Richard H ^b   King, Lambert ^c   Goldensohn, Eli S ^d   Spiegel, Herbert ^d   Madsen, Jack ^e   Crandall, Paul ^a   Dreifuss, Fritz ^f   Porter, Roger J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; EPILEPSY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FIGHTING; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MALE; STEREOTYPY; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0041884721     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(02)00529-2     Document Type: Article

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