Psychiatric symptoms in a patient with Wolfram syndrome caused by a combination of thalamic deficit and endocrinological pathologies

Neurocase

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-52

  Nickl Jockschat, T ^a   Kunert, H J ^b   Herpertz Dahlmann, B ^c   Grozinger M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DIDMOAD; Endocrinology; Neuropsychology; Psychiatry; Thalamic deficits; Wolfram syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; THALAMUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WOLFRAM SYNDROME;

FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OPTIC ATROPHY; THALAMUS; WOLFRAM SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549117097     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790802613009     Document Type: Article

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