Personality profile of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 654-657

  Karachristianou, Styliani ^a,b   Katsarou, Zoe ^a   Bostantjopoulou, Sevasti ^b   Economou, Andri ^a   Garyfallos, George ^b   Delinikopoulou, Eleni ^a  

^a Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory; Personality profile

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049153129     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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