Cognitive function, mood, behavioral aspects, and personality traits of adult males with idiopathic epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-124

  Shehata, Ghaydaa A ^a   Bateh, Abd El aziz M ^b  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b Benha University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cognitive functions; Depression; Generalized tonic clonic epilepsy; Partial epilepsy; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR SCALE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENDER; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL STATUS; STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; STANFORD-BINET TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149149795     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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