A patient with Cotard syndrome who showed an improvement in single photon emission computed tomography findings after successful treatment with antidepressants

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 276-279

  Hashioka, Sadayuki ^a   Monji, Akira ^a   Sasaki, Masayuki ^a   Yoshida, Ichiro ^a   Baba, Kanji ^a   Tashiro, Nobutada ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Cotard syndrome; Depression; Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COTARD SYNDROME; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYNDROME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0036708875     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002826-200209000-00011     Document Type: Article

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