Psychosis as an early presentation of neuro-brucellosis

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-59

  Ghaffarinejad, Alireza ^a   Sarafzadeh, F ^a   Sedighi, B ^a   Sadeghieh, T ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Iran; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN INFECTION; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELUSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 41449104977     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: 17353688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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