Misdiagnosis of schizophrenia in a patient with psychotic symptoms

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 252-260

  Duwe, Beau V ^a   Turetsky, Bruce I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurosarcoidosis; Psychotic symptoms; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALLUCINATIONS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; PREDNISONE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036897622     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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