Panic disorder or epilepsy? A case report

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 246, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 173-175

  Scalise, Anna ^a   Placidi, Fabio ^b   Diomedi, Marina ^b   De Simone, Roberto ^c   Gigli, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Meningioma; Panic attacks; Panic disorder; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PANIC DISORDER; SEIZURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33744928359     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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