Adult metachromatic leukodystrophy: Disorganized schizophrenia-like symptoms and postpartum depression in 2 sisters

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-36

  Kumperscak, Hojka Gregoric ^a   Paschke, Eduard ^b   Gradisnik, Peter ^a   Vidmar, Jernej ^a   Bradac, Stanislava Umek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLSULFATASE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LEUKOCYTE ENZYME; PROLINE; SERINE; SULFATIDE;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARYLSULFATASE A PSEUDODEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; DISORGANIZED SCHIZOPHRENIA LIKE SYMPTOM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEBEPHRENIA; HUMAN; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SYMPTOM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINE LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKODYSTROPHY, METACHROMATIC; PREGNANCY; SCHIZOPHRENIA, DISORGANIZED;

EID: 14144256217     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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