Cerebral blood flow abnormalities detected by SPECT in Behcet's syndrome-related psychiatric disorders

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-76

  Mirone, L ^a,b   Altomonte, L ^a   Raco, A ^a   Calcagni, M L ^a   Rufini, V ^a   Zoli, A ^a   Magaro M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Divisione di Reumatologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031981596     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01450966     Document Type: Article

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