CT scans of first-break psychotic patients in good general health

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 234-235

  Bain, Brian K ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 0031917046     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.2.234     Document Type: Article

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