Case report: Anxiety and fear in a patient with meningioma compressing the left amygdala

Neurocase

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-94

  Assefa, Dawit ^a   Haque, F Nipa ^b   Wong, Albert H ^b,c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Case study; Depression; Fear; Meningioma; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEAR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEFT AMYGDALA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE MENINGIOMA; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; FEAR; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA;

EID: 84858387128     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2011.556126     Document Type: Article

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