Clinical presentation of anxiety among patients with epilepsy

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1235-1239

  López Gómez, Mario ^a,b   Espinola, M ^a   Ramirez Bermudez, J ^a   Martinez Juarez, I E ^a   Sosa, A L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b Insurgentes Sur 3877 14269 Mex C   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Epilepsy; Neuropsychiatry

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; ONSET AGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TENSION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 60249093766     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s3990     Document Type: Article

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