Post-ictal rage and aggression: A video-EEC study

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-147

  Yankovsky, Alexei E ^a   Veilleux, Martin ^a   Dubeau, François ^a   Andermann, Frederick ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral disorders; Periventricular nodular heterotopia; Post ictal aggression; Video EEC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; POSTICTAL RAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAGE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEORECORDING; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; RAGE; SEIZURES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 20444447159     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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