Fahr's disease: An incidental finding in a case presenting with psychosis

German Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-90

  Srivastava, S ^a   Bhatia, Manjeet S ^a   Sharma, V ^a   Mahajan, S ^a   Rajender, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Fahr's disease; Familial; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; CLONAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL DECANOATE; PALIPERIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAHR DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOSIS; THALAMUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 77954900976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14331055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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