Significance of abnormal brain perfusion in catatonia: A case report

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 136-139

  Atre Vaidya, Nutan ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CATATONIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0034000493     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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