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The clinical spectrum of bipolar symptoms in epilepsy: a critical reappraisal.
Postgraduate medicine - 1 Jul 2010
Mula Marco
Abstract excerpt
Mood disorders are a frequent psychiatric comorbidity in patients with epilepsy, affecting quality of life and prognosis. Classic neuropsychiatric literature focused on major depression with data on bipolar disorder (BD) remains limited. However, emerging evidence suggests that mood instability, mixed irritability, or even mania is not uncommon in patients with epilepsy. Theoretically, epilepsy and BD share a...
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