An unusual case of pica

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 638-641

  Beecroft, Nicholas ^a   Bach, Laura ^a   Tunstall, Nigel ^b   Howard, Robert ^b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coins; Habit disorder; Impulse; Pica

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PICA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PICA; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031665258     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199809)13:9<638::AID-GPS837>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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