Neurosarcoidosis presenting as psychosis and dementia: A case report

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 401-403

  Friedman, Susan Hatters ^a   Gould, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Neurosarcoidosis; Psychosis; Quetiapine; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SARCOIDOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037967170     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/UYUB-BHRY-L06C-MPCP     Document Type: Article

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