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Quite frequently limbic seizures are combined with mostly nocturnal major seizures of the grand mal type. While the major seizures are more easily controlled by anticonvulsive drugs it is a well known fact that clearly defined limbic seizures, especially the psychomotor attacks, are often highly resistant to pharmacological treatment.
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Ganglberger, J.A. (1976). New Possibilities of Stereotactic Treatment of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE). In: Gillingham, F.J., Hitchcock, E.R., NádvornÃk, P. (eds) Stereotactic Treatment of Epilepsy. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 23. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8444-8_33
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