Are personality traits of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy related to frontal lobe dysfunctions? A proton MRS study

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1201-1209

  De Araújo Filho, Gerardo Maria ^a,b   Lin, Katia ^b   Lin, Jaime ^b   Peruchi, Mirella M ^b   Caboclo, Luís Otávio S F ^b   Guaranha, Mirian S B ^b   Guilhoto, Laura M F F ^b   Carrete Jr, Henrique ^b   Yacubian, Elza Márcia T ^b  

^a Rua Botucatu ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe dysfunction; Idiopathic generalized epilepsy; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Personality disorders; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CREATININE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LICARBAZEPINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN DISEASES; CREATINE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROTONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549116986     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02021.x     Document Type: Article

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