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Full moon fits: temporal lobe epilepsy presenting as psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Andreia Norton*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal
João Massano
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Sertório Timóteo
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal
Isabel Pires
Affiliation:
Department of Neurophysiology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal
Celeste Silveira
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
*
Dr Andreia Norton Department of Psychiatry, Hospital de S. João, Alameda Prof. Hernani Monteiro, Porto 4200, Portugal. Tel: +351912448631; Fax: +351220919086; E-mail: andreianorton@gmail.com

Abstract

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Type
Comment & Critique
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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