Lipoma on the corpus callosum in a patient with schizophrenia-like episode: Is there a causal relationship?

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-111

  Baumann, Christian R ^a   Regard, Marianne ^a   Trier, Stephan ^c   Schuknecht, Bernhard ^b   Siegel, Adrian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Klinik Am Zuerichberg   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Lipoma; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LIPOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANOIA; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 33745302185     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnn.0000209871.46651.73     Document Type: Article

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