Complex visual hallucinations (Charles Bonnet syndrome) in visual field defects following cerebral surgery: Report of four cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 846-853

  Freiman, Thomas M ^a   Surges, Rainer ^a   Vougioukas, Vassilios I ^a   Hubbe, Ulrich ^a   Talazko, Jochen ^a   Zentner, Josef ^a   Honegger, Jürgen ^a   Schulze Bonhage, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain surgery; Charles Bonnet syndrome; Visual field defect; Visual hallucination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHARLES BONNET SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 7244251569     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.5.0846     Document Type: Article

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