Misdiagnosed postpartum psychosis revealing a late-onset urea cycle disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 576-580

  Fassier, Thomas ^a   Guffon, Nathalie ^a   Acquaviva, Cécile ^a   D'Amato, Thierry ^a   Durand, Denis Vital ^a   Domenech, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 PHENYLBUTYRIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; AMMONIA; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZOIC ACID; CITRULLINE; CYAMEMAZINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LOXAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE; TROPATEPINE;

ADULT; AGITATION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD PREFERENCE; GUILT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKORRHEA; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MEAT; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; UREA CYCLE DISORDER; VIOLENCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; UREA CYCLE DISORDERS, INBORN;

EID: 79960482313     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2010.10071032     Document Type: Article

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