Cerebellar agenesis in a suicide

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-85

  Arcudi, Giovanni ^a   Di Corato, Adriana ^b   D'Agostino, Gennaro ^a   Marella, Gian Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar agenesis; Psychiatric disorders Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYSTERIA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; SUICIDE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CEREBELLUM; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 0034063296     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200003000-00016     Document Type: Article

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