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Psychotic depression mimicking limbic encephalitis
Author(s) -
Newrick Laurence,
GomesPinto Alister,
Hewitt Jonathan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.459
Subject(s) - limbic encephalitis , depression (economics) , differential diagnosis , neurology , psychiatry , autoimmune encephalitis , mental state , encephalitis , psychotic depression , psychology , neuroscience , medicine , psychosis , pathology , immunology , virus , economics , macroeconomics
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