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... Favorable outcomes are reported, but clinical improvement has been variable; moreover, the basis for assessing success is controversial ;see Mirsky and Siegel, in this volume; O'Callaghan and Carroll, 1987J. Several studies suggest a link between violence and temporal lobe epilepsy, although violence occurring during a seizure is extremely rare ;Mirsky and Siegel, in this volumeJ.
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  • temporal lobe
  • lobe epilepsy
  • brain dysfunction
  • frontal cortex


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