Of Roman chariots and goats in overcoats: The syndrome of Charles Bonnet

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 709-714

  Plummer, Chris ^a   Kleinitz, Anne ^b   Vroomen, Patrick ^a   Watts, Roger ^b  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Mersey Campus Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charles bonnet syndrome; Hallucination; Macular degeneration; Visual; Visually impaired persons

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; SYNDROME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34250204856     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.08.006     Document Type: Review

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