Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine (정신신체의학)
- Volume 4 Issue 1
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- Pages.64-70
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- 1996
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- 1225-6471(pISSN)
The Relationship between Epileptic Focus and Psychiatric Symptoms of the Refractory Epileptic Patients
난치성 간질환자의 간질초점 위치와 정신증상과의 관련성
- Han, Wou-Sang (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
- Kim, Jong-Hoon (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
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Lee, Sang-Kun
(Department of Neurology, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
- Cho, Doo-Young (Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
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Kwon, Jun-Soo
(Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
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Ha, Kyoo-Seob
(Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
- 한우상 (서울대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
- 김종훈 (서울대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
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이상건
(서울대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실) ;
- 조두영 (서울대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
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권준수
(서울대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
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하규섭
(서울대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실)
- Published : 1996.06.15
Abstract
The prevalence rate of psychiatric symptoms of the refractory epileptic patients was evaluated according to the location of the epileptic focus. The subjects were 91 patients admitted to Epilepsy Monitoring Unit of Seoul National University Hospital. The psychiatric symptoms were assessed by Korean version of Symptom Checklist-90-R(SCL-90-R). The locus of epileptic focus was assessed by clinical features, 2-hour interictal EEG, long-term video-EEG monitoring, brain MRI, interictal and ictal brain SPECT, and interictal brain PET The subjects were divided into three groups according to the epileptic focus, non-temporal(N=29), left temporal (N=26), and right temporal(N=32). There were no statistical differences in demographic and seizure-related variables among groups. The number of patients with