Neuropsychological outcome of ventral capsular/ventral striatal gamma capsulotomy for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: A pilot study

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 393-397

  Taub, Anita ^a   Lopes, Antonio Carlos ^a   Fuentes, Daniel ^a   D'Alcante, Carina Chaubet ^a   De Mathis, Maria Eugenia ^a   Canteras, Miguel Montes ^a   Siviero, Marilena ^a   Greenberg, Benjamin D ^a   Norén, Georg ^a   Batistuzzo, Marcelo ^a   Hoexter, Marcelo Queiroz ^a   Cecílio, Soraya ^a   Savage, Cary ^a   Rasmussen, Steven ^a   Miguel, Euripedes Constantino ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAPSULOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA CAPSULOTOMY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 73549112905     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2009.21.4.393     Document Type: Article

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