Chorea-acanthocytosis presenting with schizophrenia symptoms as first symptoms

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-254

  Yamada, Hidetaka ^a   Ohji, Taro ^b   Sakurai, Seishi ^b   Yamaguchi, Eiichi ^b   Uchimura, Naohisa ^a   Morita, Kiichiro ^a   Yamada, Shigeto ^c  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b St Lucia's Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; RISPERIDONE; SULPIRIDE;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE REPORT; CHOREA-ACANTHOCYTOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROACANTHOCYTOSIS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62949241357     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01915.x     Document Type: Letter

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