Tourette's syndrome following temporal lobectomy for seizure control

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 564-566

  Chemali, Zeina ^a   Bromfield, Edward ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome; Obsessive compulsive; Seizure; Temporal lobectomy; Tics

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; FELBAMATE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TIC;

EID: 0242690939     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(03)00152-5     Document Type: Article

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