Ganser's syndrome in a man with AIDS

Psychosomatics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 342-345

  Deibler, Marla Wax ^b   Hacker, Candice ^b   Rough, James ^b   Darby, Janine ^b   Lamdan, Ruth M ^a  

^a Temple University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIPLOPIA; DISORIENTATION; DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE; GANSER SYNDROME; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PARESTHESIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0038543455     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.44.4.342     Document Type: Article

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