Olanzapine for recurrent aggression in a patient with temporal lobe epilepsy who had temporal lobectomy

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 350-351

  Hallak, Jaime E C ^a,c   Dursun, Serdar M ^c   Guarnieri, Ricardo ^a   Almeida, Edna ^a   Rezeck, Karinne ^a   Crippa, José A S ^a,b   Sakamoto, Américo C ^a   Zuardi, Antonio W ^a   Deakin, John F W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Epilepsy; Olanzapine; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0141815712     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02698811030173020     Document Type: Article

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