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- Title
Hypergraphia in temporal lobe epilepsy.
- Authors
Kalamangalam, Giridhar P.
- Abstract
The article discusses the case of a 44-year-old right-handed female with temporal lobe epilepsy who has a tendency to write excessively or compulsively. She was observed to spend much of her waking hours writing. The patient wrote about various subjects, including her intake of medications and minor details of discussions with hospital staff. She mentioned her fondness of writing and noted that she had considered office secretary as a profession.
- Subjects
COMPULSIVE behavior; WRITING &; psychology; TEMPORAL lobe epilepsy; PEOPLE with epilepsy; SECRETARIES
- Publication
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2009, Vol 12, Issue 3, p193
- ISSN
0972-2327
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0972-2327.56323