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Viral encephalopathy presenting as schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
Soumya Sivaraman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
Babu Chinnamani
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
Dinesh Malkhan Singh Rathore
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
Sivakumar Palanimuttu Thangaraju
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
Ravi Shankar Pandey
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
*
Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560 029, India.Tel: 91-80-26995259; Fax: 91-80-26564830; E-mail: cnkumar1974@gmail.com

Abstract

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Comment & Critique
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Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S

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