Visual hallucinations in psychologically normal people: Charles Bonnet's syndrome

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9004, 1996, Pages 794-797

  Teunisse, Robert J ^a   Cruysberg, Johan R ^a   Hoefnagels, Willibrord H ^a   Verbeek, André L ^a   Zitman, Frans G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DELUSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0029876791     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90869-7     Document Type: Article

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