Oedipism: Auto-enucleation in a schizophrenic patient

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 159-160

  Murphy, Mary ^a   Nathan, Malavika ^a   Lee, Edward ^b   Parsons, Brian ^c   Gunasekera, Lal ^a  

^a Hurstwood Park Neurological Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b SUSSEX EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Enucleation; Oedipism; Psychosis; Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENUCLEATION; EYE DISEASE; OEDIPISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 34848880732     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700009988     Document Type: Article

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