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Epilepsy and Psychosis - Ask the Family

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David J. Clarke ,
Mary E. Buckley  and
Bruce H. Burns
David J. Clarke
Affiliation:
Hollymoor Hospital, Northfield, Birmingham
Mary E. Buckley*
Affiliation:
Hollymoor Hospital, Northfield, Birmingham
*
∗Academic Unit, All Saints Hospital, Lodge Road, Birmingham B18 5SD, UK
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Abstract

Psychotic episodes and epilepsy can occur without mental retardation in tuberous sclerosis. The diagnosis may depend on elucidating the family history since physical signs may not be obvious. Establishing the diagnosis makes genetic counselling possible.

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Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 5 , May 1987 , pp. 702 - 703
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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Footnotes

†

Deceased October1986

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