Association of temporal lobe epilepsy and obsessive-compulsive disorder in a patient successfully treated with right temporal lobectomy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 617-619

  Barbieri, Valentina ^a   Russo, Giorgio Lo ^b   Francione, Stefano ^b   Scarone, Silvio ^a   Gambini, Orsola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neurosurgery; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERVIEW; NEOCORTEX; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18744385880     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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