Visual hallucinations in recovery from cortical blindness: Imaging correlates

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 561-565

  Wunderlich, Gilbert ^a,c   Suchan, Boris ^b   Volkmann, Jens ^a   Herzog, Hans ^c   Hömberg, Volker ^b   Seitz, Rüdiger J ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Neurologisches Therapiecentrum   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0034040666     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.57.4.561     Document Type: Article

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