title: Bipolar disorder associated with primary generalised epilepsy.
abstract: A patient with bipolar disorder and primary generalised epilepsy, and a family history of psychiatric illness and epilepsy, is described. The episodic psychiatric symptoms were temporally correlated with epileptic discharges and absence seizures observed during repeated EEGs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 15213.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Howland
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004829:Epilepsy, Generalized / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents