Psychosis with frontal lobe epilepsy responds to carbamazepine

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-434

  Sinclair, Barry D ^a   Snyder, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe epilepsy; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 41549120649     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807307107     Document Type: Article

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