Mutism and amnesia following high-voltage electrical injury: Psychogenic symptomatology triggered by organic dysfunction?

European Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 229-234

  Mishra, Nishant K ^a,d   Russmann, Heike ^a,c   Granziera, Cristina ^a   Maeder, Philippe ^a   Annoni, Jean Marie ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Dissociative disorders; Electric shock; Mutism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRIC INJURY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MUTISM; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SPEECH; TRACTOGRAPHY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; AMNESIA; BRAIN; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN;

EID: 80054922246     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330953     Document Type: Article

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