Epilepsy-related psychosis: A role for autoimmunity?

Abstract Postictal psychosis (PIP) is a serious psychiatric complication of epilepsy that occurs in approximately 6% of patients following multiple complex partial or generalized seizures. The psychosis is classically described as having a pleomorphic phenomenology, including paranoid, grandiose, an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epilepsy & behavior 2014-07, Vol.36, p.33-38
Hauptverfasser:	Pollak, T.A, Nicholson, T.R, Mellers, J.D.C, Vincent, A, David, A.S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Antibody Autoimmunity Blood–brain barrier Epilepsy Epilepsy - complications Epilepsy - immunology Epilepsy - psychology Humans N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor Neurology Psychosis Psychotic Disorders - etiology Temporal lobe Voltage-gated potassium channel
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