Handedness, alexithymia, and focus laterality as risk factors for psychiatric comorbidity in patients with epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-394

  Kalinin, Vladimir V ^a   Zemlyanaya, Anna A ^a   Krylov, Oleg E ^a   Zheleznova, Elena V ^a  

^a N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Comorbid psychiatric disorders; Focus laterality; Handedness; SCL 90 constructs; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSION; PARANOIA; PHOBIA; PSYCHOSIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RISK FACTOR; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77649342028     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.12.028     Document Type: Article

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