Unusual self-inflicted penetrating craniocerebral injury by a nail

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-413

  Shenoy, Satyanarayana N ^a   Raja, A ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Craniocerebral injury; Foreign bodies; Penetrating; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; AUTOMUTILATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN CONTUSION; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOREIGN BODY; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NAIL; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

BRAIN INJURIES; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SELF MUTILATION; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0346252580     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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