Psychosis and Dandy-Walker complex: Report of four cases

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102.e7-102.e11

  Gan, Zhaoyu ^a   Diao, Feici ^a   Han, Zili ^a   Li, Kanglai ^a   Zheng, Liarong ^a   Guan, Nianhong ^a   Kang, Zhuang ^a   Wu, Xiaoli ^a   Wei, Qinling ^a   Cheng, Minfeng ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a   Zhang, Jinbei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dandy Walker syndrome; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CLONAZEPAM; CLOZAPINE; DULOXETINE; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

ABULIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BLUNTED AFFECT; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONFLUENCE OF SINUSES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYSTOPERITONEAL SHUNT; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DELUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYPOMANIA; INSOMNIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; JEALOUSY; LABORATORY TEST; LAMBDOID SUTURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEGA CISTERNA MAGNA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOUSE; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTLESSNESS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKULL SURGERY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SWEATING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THOUGHT DISORDER; TRANSVERSE SINUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84855347267     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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