Multiple sclerosis presenting with fantastic confabulation

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 448-451

  Gundogar, Duru ^a   Demirci, Serpil ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Confabulation; Frontal lobe; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFABULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRONTAL LOBE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DECEPTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FANTASY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRESSION; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33749991430     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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