Basal ganglia calcification and pulmonary embolism in catatonia [3]

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 472-473

  Woo, Benjamin Kai Pan ^a  

^a UCLA Kern Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LORAZEPAM; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BASAL GANGLION; BODY MASS; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CATATONIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OBESITY; PARATHYROID DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36348996451     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2007.19.4.472a     Document Type: Letter

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