IDIOPATHIC TORSION DYSTONIA WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES : A CASE REPORT

A patient having two schizophrenic brothers developed simple writer's cramp at the age of 20 years. Three years later she developed irregular and unusual movements which was diagnosed and treated as hysteria until she had contractures in the right hand. EMG studies revealed abnormalities sugges...

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Autores principales: Channabasavanna, S.M., Goswami, Utpal, Venkatesh, H.S., Pradhan, N.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1982
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21965893
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author Channabasavanna, S.M.
Goswami, Utpal
Venkatesh, H.S.
Pradhan, N.
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description A patient having two schizophrenic brothers developed simple writer's cramp at the age of 20 years. Three years later she developed irregular and unusual movements which was diagnosed and treated as hysteria until she had contractures in the right hand. EMG studies revealed abnormalities suggestive of torsion dystonia. The association of schizophrenia in the first degree relatives and the differential responses to haloperidol in this case of torsion dystonia has been discussed.
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spelling pubmed-30128922011-10-02 IDIOPATHIC TORSION DYSTONIA WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES : A CASE REPORT Channabasavanna, S.M. Goswami, Utpal Venkatesh, H.S. Pradhan, N. Indian J Psychiatry Case Report A patient having two schizophrenic brothers developed simple writer's cramp at the age of 20 years. Three years later she developed irregular and unusual movements which was diagnosed and treated as hysteria until she had contractures in the right hand. EMG studies revealed abnormalities suggestive of torsion dystonia. The association of schizophrenia in the first degree relatives and the differential responses to haloperidol in this case of torsion dystonia has been discussed. Medknow Publications 1982 /pmc/articles/PMC3012892/ /pubmed/21965893 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Goswami, Utpal
Venkatesh, H.S.
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IDIOPATHIC TORSION DYSTONIA WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES : A CASE REPORT
title IDIOPATHIC TORSION DYSTONIA WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES : A CASE REPORT
title_full IDIOPATHIC TORSION DYSTONIA WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES : A CASE REPORT
title_fullStr IDIOPATHIC TORSION DYSTONIA WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES : A CASE REPORT
title_full_unstemmed IDIOPATHIC TORSION DYSTONIA WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES : A CASE REPORT
title_short IDIOPATHIC TORSION DYSTONIA WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN FIRST DEGREE RELATIVES : A CASE REPORT
title_sort idiopathic torsion dystonia with schizophrenia in first degree relatives : a case report
topic Case Report
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