Frequency of hypergraphia in temporal lobe epilepsy: an index of interictal behaviour syndrome.
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 44 (4) , 358-360
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.44.4.358
Abstract
Frequency and degree of hypergraphia were studied to assess interictal behavior change in temporal lobe epilepsy. Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy tended to reply more frequently to a standard questionnaire and wrote extensively (mean: 1301 words) as compared to others (mean: 106 words). The incidence of temporal lobe epilepsy was 73% in patients exhibiting hypergraphia compared to 17% in patients without this trait. Hypergraphia may be a quantitative index of behavior change in temporal lobe epilepsy.Keywords
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