The clinical presentation and imaging manifestation of psychosis and dementia in general paresis: A retrospective study of 116 cases

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 300-307

  Zheng, Dong ^a,b,c,d,e   Zhou, Daoyou ^a,b,c,d,e   Zhao, Zhongyan ^a,b,c,d,e   Liu, Zhonglin ^a,b,c,d,e   Xiao, Songhua ^a,b,c,d,e   Xing, Yigang ^a,b,c,d,e   Suo, William Z ^a,b,c,d,e   Liu, Jun ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Brain Hospital   (China)

^c GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; APATHY; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DELTA RHYTHM; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PARALYSIS; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUTISM; NEUROIMAGING; PARESIS; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREMOR; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 80054973455     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.23.3.jnp300     Document Type: Review

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