Conversion disorder in women with the FMR1 premutation

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2501-2506

  Seritan, Andreea L ^a   Schneider, Andrea ^b   Olichney, John M ^a   Leehey, Maureen A ^c   Akins, R Scott ^a,b   Hagerman, Randi J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion; FMR1 premutation; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOMUTILATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CONFUSION; CONVERSION DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SEIZURE; SUPPLEMENTATION; THYROID DISEASE; TREMOR; VIRUS INFECTION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; CONVERSION DISORDER; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 70449441433     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33054     Document Type: Article

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