My sister's hand is in my bed: A case of somatoparaphrenia

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1205-1207

  Pugnaghi, Matteo ^a   Molinari, Mariangela ^a   Panzetti, Patrizia ^a   Nichelli, Paolo F ^a   Zamboni, Giovanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOSOGNOSIA; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELUSION; DYSARTHRIA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GAZE; HEADACHE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LETTER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOMATOPARAPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, INTRACRANIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID;

EID: 84869238599     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-011-0874-z     Document Type: Letter

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