Bilateral stereotactic amygdalotomy for self-mutilation disorder: Case report and review of the literature

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 121-128

  Fountas, Kostas N ^a,b   Smith, Joseph R ^a   Lee, Gregory P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Amygdalotomy, outcome; Amygdalotomy, stereotactic; Self mutilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALECTOMY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCAR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SELF MUTILATION; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947139874     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098527     Document Type: Article

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