Vitamin D-resistant rickets type II-A, basal ganglia calcification, and catatonia: A casual or causal relationship?

Psychosomatics

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 420-424

  Brunoni, André Russowsky ^a   Nakata, Ana C G ^a   Teng, Chei Tung ^a   Busatto, Geraldo F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; ERGOCALCIFEROL; OLANZAPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRACTIBILITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FAHR DISEASE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIC RICKETS; ILLUSION; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN D RESISTANT RICKETS TYPE II A;

BASAL GANGLIA; CALCINOSIS; CATATONIA; HUMANS; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIC RICKETS, X-LINKED DOMINANT; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249103382     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.50.4.420     Document Type: Letter

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