title: Phenomenology of obsessive compulsive disorder in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy or tourette syndrome.
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.
authors.affiliation: The Neuropsychiatry Research Group, Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Section of Neurology, Amedeo Avogadro University, C.so Mazzini, 18, Novara 28100, Italy. marcomula@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mula
authors.forename: Andrea E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Cavanna
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Critchley
authors.forename: Mary M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monaco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000150:complications*