Arachnoid cyst in a patient with psychosis: Case report

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  da Silva, Joaquim Alves ^a   Alves, Alexandra ^b   Talina, Miguel ^a   Carreiro, Susana ^b   Guimarães, João ^c   Xavier, Miguel ^a  

^a NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO FRANCISCO XAVIER   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANAMNESIS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYPOPLASIA; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 34547754566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-6-16     Document Type: Article

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