Neurological syndromes which can be mistaken for psychiatric conditions

Neurology in Practice

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Butler, C ^a   Zeman, A Z J ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TUMOR; CAPGRAS SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GENETIC DISORDER; HALLUCINOSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LANGUAGE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PARAMNESIA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PARASOMNIA; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THOUGHT DISORDER; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 14344265095     PISSN: 14737086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.060459     Document Type: Review

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