Increasing the clinical yield of computerized tomography for psychiatric patients

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 282-291

  Moles, James K ^a   Franchina, Joseph J ^b   Sforza, Peter P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031711386     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(98)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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