Ocular psychiatric disorders in maxillofacial injuries: Two case reports and a review of psychogenic ocular symptoms

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-198

  Aghabeigi, Behnam ^a,b   Manisali, M ^a   Suhr, M ^a   Feinmann, C ^a   Harris, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Diplopia; Maxillofacial injuries; Munchausen's syndrome; Orbital fractures; Somatoform disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; ORBIT FRACTURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; VIOLENCE; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; ORBITAL FRACTURES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 0032085294     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0901-5027(98)80009-X     Document Type: Article

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