Temporal lobe epilepsy confused with panic disorder: Implications for treatment

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 160-162

  Deutsch, Stephen I ^a   Rosse, Richard B ^b   Sud, Indu M ^b   Burket, Jessica A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Carbon monoxide; Depersonalization; Derealization; Panic disorder; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DEPERSONALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MILITARY SERVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIVID DREAM;

ADULT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PANIC DISORDER;

EID: 67651176016     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNF.0b013e31818d44fc     Document Type: Article

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