Stereotactic amygdaloidotomy for aggressive behaviour
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Stereotactic amygdaloidotomy for aggressive behaviour.
Amygdaloidotomy was performed bilaterally on 15 and unilaterally on three patients exhibiting severe aggressive or self-mutilating behaviour. Nine subjects (50%) were improved a year after operation; improvement was maintained in seven (39%) for periods ranging from 27 months to nearly six years. Four non-epileptic cases had convulsions during the period of review; one of them has a persistent ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.37.4.437