A left temporal lobe arachnoid cyst in a patient with schizophrenia-like psychosis: A case report

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1353-1354

  Kuloglu, Murat ^a   Caykoylu, Ali ^a   Yilmaz, Elif ^a   Ekinci, Okan ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ARACHNOID CYST; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PSYCHOSIS; REMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 49849101045     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.04.014     Document Type: Letter

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