A neuropsychological study of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and chronic interictal psychosis

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 117-128

  Flügel, Dominique ^a,b   O'Toole, Annette ^a   Thompson, Pamela J ^a   Koepp, Matthias J ^a   Cercignani, Mara ^a   Symms, Mark R ^a   Foong, Jacqueline ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Interictal psychosis; Magnetization transfer imaging; Neuropsychological deficits; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 33748783341     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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