Catatonia or abulia? A difficult differential diagnosis

Movement Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 360-362

  Muqit, Miratul M K ^a   Rakshi, James S ^a   Shakir, Raad A ^a   Larner, A J ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUPHENAZINE;

ADULT; AFFECT; APATHY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIMB DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RIGIDITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH DISORDER; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR;

ADULT; AKINETIC MUTISM; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOPSY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CATATONIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MUTISM; NEOPLASM STAGING; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0035297132     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1071     Document Type: Article

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