Angular gyrus syndrome mimicking depressive pseudodementia

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 364-368

  Nagaratnam, Nages ^a   Phan, Tai Anh ^a   Barnett, Claire ^a   Ibrahim, Neamat ^a  

^a Blacktown Mount Druitt Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Dementia, multi infarct; Depressive disorder; Gerstmann syndrome; Language disorders

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE;

AGED; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ANGULAR GYRUS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PSEUDODEMENTIA;

AGED; DEMENTIA; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036758855     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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