Organic psychosis linked to chronic tonsillitis and subsequent encephalitis: A probable autoimmune process

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 292-294

  Matarazzo, Eneida B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ACTH; Aphasia; Autoimmune disease; Encephalitis; Psychosis; Tonsillitis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0030586939     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(96)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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