A case of delusional disorder, somatic type with remarkable improvement of clinical symptoms and single photon emission computed tomograpy findings following modified electroconvulsive therapy

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 881-884

  Ota, Miho ^a   Mizukami, Katsuyoshi ^a   Katano, Tsunahiro ^a   Sato, Sinji ^a   Takeda, Tohoru ^a   Asada, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

mECT; Somatic delusion; SPECT

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041630908     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(03)00118-0     Document Type: Article

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