THE OCCURRENCE OF EPILEPTIC FITS IN LEUCOTOMIZED PATIENTS RECEIVING CHLORPROMAZINE THERAPY
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- 1 May 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 20 (2) , 105-107
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.20.2.105
Abstract
Of 75 chronic mental hospital patients treated with chlorpromazine, 21 had previously undergone a frontal leucotomy, and of these 7 developed epileptic fits during or immediately after chlorpromazine therapy. Only 2 of these had had previous post-leucotomy seizures. E.E.G. studies showed epileptic foci in one or both frontal lobes.Keywords
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