Body integrity identity disorder: From a psychological to a neurological syndrome

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-336

  Sedda, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apotemnophilia; Body image; Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID); Body representation disorders; Right parietal lobe syndrome; Xenomelia

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; BODY IMAGE; HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SYNDROME;

AMPUTATION; BODY IMAGE; HUMANS; PARIETAL LOBE; SELF CONCEPT; SYNDROME;

EID: 83655184751     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: 15736660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-011-9186-6     Document Type: Review

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