Suicide attempt as the presenting symptom of C9orf72 dementia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1211-1213

  Synofzik, Matthis ^a   Biskup, Saskia ^a   Leyhe, Thomas ^a   Reimold, Matthias ^a   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^a   Metzger, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; AGED; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DNA STRUCTURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 84868596679     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2012.12060733     Document Type: Letter

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