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Seven Cases of Frontal Tumour with Psychiatric Presentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

T. L. Avery*
Affiliation:
Central Hospital, Warwick

Extract

In this article seven cases of frontal brain tumour, all of which were meningiomas, are reviewed and observation of their psychiatric presentation given. For various reasons frontal meningiomas are found more frequently in mental hospitals than in neurological centres (Hunter et al., 1968).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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