Limbic encephalitis presenting with anxiety and depression: A comprehensive neuropsychological formulation

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 4 PART 2, 2009, Pages 616-619

  Yalu, Irem ^a   Alemdar, Murat ^a   Tufan, Ali Evren ^a   Kirmizi Alsan, Elif ^a   Kutlu, Huseyin ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Limbic encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; HU ANTIBODY; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIENCEPHALON; DISORIENTATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSPHORIA; EGO; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PARANOIA; PARIETAL LOBE; PERSEVERATION; PERSONALITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING; VERBAL MEMORY; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIENCEPHALON; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77449134532     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15622970701829681     Document Type: Article

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