Depressive disorder with psychotic symptoms as psychiatric presentation of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a case report

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 452-454

  Jardri, Renaud ^a,c   DiPaola, Claire ^b,c   Lajugie, Christine ^c   Thomas, Pierre ^a   Goeb, Jean Louis ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Adult Psychiatry Department   (France)

^c Mental Health Public Center of Lille métropole   (France)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Depression; Psychotic; Sporadic

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; MEPACRINE; MIANSERIN; PAROXETINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; AGGRESSION; BRAIN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33750214770     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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