Psychiatric Disturbances in Metachromatic Leukodystrophy: Insights into the Neurobiology of Psychosis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 401-406

  Hyde, Thomas M ^a   Ziegler, James C ^a   Weinberger, Daniel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DELUSION; DEMYELINATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELUSIONS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LEUKODYSTROPHY, METACHROMATIC; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0026517334     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1992.00530280095028     Document Type: Article

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