Psychiatric aspects of temporal arteritis: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 142-145

  Johnson, Hazel ^a   Bouman, Walter ^a   Pinner, Gillian ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSIS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 0031408552     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198879701000403     Document Type: Article

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