Frontal lobe syndrome or adolescent-onset schizophrenia? A case report

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 375-377

  Ferrara, M ^a   Freda, F ^a   Massa, R ^a   Carratelli, T J ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Frontal lobe; Neuropsychology; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOLALIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERFUSION; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33749481516     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00808.x     Document Type: Article

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