Psychotic disorder and extrapyramidal symptoms associated with vitamin B12 and folate deficiency

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-207

  Dogan, Murat ^a   Ozdemir, Osman ^a   Sal, Ertan A ^a   Dogan, S Zehra ^a   Ozdemir, Pinar ^a   Cesur, Yasar ^a   Caksen, Hüseyin ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Extrapyramidal symptoms; Folate deficiency; Psychotic disorder; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLINIC ACID;

ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONUS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NERVOUSNESS; PSYCHOSIS; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SELF CARE; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CHILD; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 67049165533     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn112     Document Type: Article

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