Resolution of eating disorders after right temporal lesions

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 781-783

  Levine, Reed ^a   Lipson, Scott ^a   Devinsky, Orrin ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Antiepileptic drugs; Behavior; Epilepsy; Nonepileptic seizure; Psychosis; Psychotropic

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; BULIMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL ABUSE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0346157270     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.08.011     Document Type: Article

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