The role of aura in psychopathology and dissociative experiences in epilepsy

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 536-542

  Mula, Marco ^a   Cavanna, Andrea ^a   Collimedaglia, Laura ^a   Barbagli, Davide ^a   Magli, Elena ^a   Monaco, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 33750838004     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2006.18.4.536     Document Type: Article

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