Ganser Symptoms in a Case of Frontal-Temporal Lobe Dementia: Is There a Common Neural Substrate?

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 761-768

  Ladowsky Brooks, Ricki L ^a   Fischer, Corinne E ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GANSER SYNDROME; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MALINGERING; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

DEMENTIA; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0242320961     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.25.6.761.16473     Document Type: Article

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