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Epileptic aphasia and dysphoria interpreted as endogenous depression
Author(s) -
Plesner A. M.,
MunkAndersen E.,
Lühdorf K.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1987.tb03570.x
Subject(s) - dysphoria , aphasia , epilepsy , depression (economics) , psychology , psychiatry , electroencephalography , audiology , medicine , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics
A case is reported of a 29‐yr‐old female with attacks of aphasia/ dysphasia over a period of several months which lasted days to weeks accompanied by a dysphoric state. The patient was for long regarded as endogenous depressive with a hysterical speech disorder. However, the diagnosis of epilepsy was finally made based on generalized attacks, appropriate EEG changes, and the response to anti‐epileptic therapy.