Pathological laughing and crying

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 472-479

  Dark, Frances L ^a   McGrath, John J ^b   Ron, Maria A ^c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WOLSTON PARK HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 0029779368     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679609065020     Document Type: Review

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