Possible association between delusional disorder, somatic type and reduced regional cerebral blood flow

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 353-357

  Wada, Tadashi ^a   Kawakatsu, Shinobu ^a   Komatani, Akio ^a   Okuyama, Naoyuki ^a   Otani, Koichi ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clomipramine; Delusional disorder; rCBF; Somatic type; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; XENON 133;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; DELUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; PAIN; PARIETAL LOBE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLOMIPRAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; XENON RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0033081663     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(98)00098-0     Document Type: Article

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