Psychosis as a manifestation of frontal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 200-204

  Luat, Aimee F ^a   Asano, Eishi ^a   Rothermel, Robert ^a   Sood, Sandeep ^a   Chugani, Harry T ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 deoxy 2 18F fluoro D glucose positron emission tomography scan; Cortical stimulation; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; CLORAZEPATE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CYTOMEGALY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LEARNING DISORDER; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANOIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TONIC SEIZURE;

CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 37049006331     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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