Treatment-resistant self-mutilation, tics, and obsessive-compulsive disorder in neuroacanthocytosis: A mouth guard as a therapeutic approach

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1186-1187

  Fontenelle, Leonardo F ^a   Leite, Marco Antônio Araújo ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; CLOZAPINE; FLUOXETINE; QUETIAPINE; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; AUTOMUTILATION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MOUTH PROTECTOR; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROACANTHOCYTOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TIC; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 47749143236     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n0720a     Document Type: Letter

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