Schizoaffective disorder in a fragile-X carrier

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 436-440

  Al Semaan, Yousef ^a   Malla, Ashok K ^a   Lazosky, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fragile X; Schizoaffective

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MANIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOIDISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0032999074     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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