Phenomenology of obsessive compulsive disorder in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy or Tourette syndrome

Marco Mula, Andrea E. Cavanna, Hugo Critchley, Mary M. Robertson, Francesco Monaco

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Abstract

Phenomenology of comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder was compared in nine patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and 15 with Tourette syndrome. Content of obsessive-compulsive themes focuses on sexuality and impulsiveness in Tourette syndrome and existential thoughts in temporal lobe epilepsy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)223-226
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Volume20
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2008
Externally publishedYes

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