[Manic depressive psychosis and hemispheric dominance with bipolar left handedness and episodic aphasia].
The author report on a manic depressive patient 66 years old which dysplayed aphasic troubles during depressive phase. As the patient was left handed and considering recent development in hemispheric specialisation, this trouble can be viewed as indicating a right hemisphere disturbance which is likely to be involved in the affective disorder.
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans
Maladie maniaco-dépressive et dominance hémisphérique: à propos d'une malade bipolaire gauchère et épisodiquement aphasique.