An organic cause of neuropsychiatric illness in adolescence

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9357, 2003, Pages 572-

  Taylor, Sharon E ^a   Garalda, M E ^a   Tudor Williams, G ^a   Martinez Alier, N ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL; RISPERIDONE;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONFUSION; DELUSION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SEIZURE; TREMOR;

EID: 0037442090     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12517-2     Document Type: Article

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