Case report of mental disorder induced by niacin deficiency

SUMMARY: The 45-year-old male patient described in this case report had a classic case of pellagra. The patient was initially brought to a psychiatric hospital because of disorderly behavior. On admission the patient was unable to provide a history so he was given a provisional diagnosis of Psychosi...

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Autores principales: Wang, Wei, Liang, Bo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Editorial Department of the Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4198903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25324641
http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.06.008
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description SUMMARY: The 45-year-old male patient described in this case report had a classic case of pellagra. The patient was initially brought to a psychiatric hospital because of disorderly behavior. On admission the patient was unable to provide a history so he was given a provisional diagnosis of Psychosis Not Otherwise Specified. Despite having the cardinal symptoms of dermatitis, dementia and (three days after admission) diarrhea it took 20 days to confirm the diagnosis of pellagra. After initiation of appropriate treatment it took about six months for the patient to make a complete recovery.
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spelling pubmed-41989032014-10-16 Case report of mental disorder induced by niacin deficiency Wang, Wei Liang, Bo Shanghai Arch Psychiatry Case Report SUMMARY: The 45-year-old male patient described in this case report had a classic case of pellagra. The patient was initially brought to a psychiatric hospital because of disorderly behavior. On admission the patient was unable to provide a history so he was given a provisional diagnosis of Psychosis Not Otherwise Specified. Despite having the cardinal symptoms of dermatitis, dementia and (three days after admission) diarrhea it took 20 days to confirm the diagnosis of pellagra. After initiation of appropriate treatment it took about six months for the patient to make a complete recovery. Editorial Department of the Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry 2012-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4198903/ /pubmed/25324641 http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.06.008 Text en Copyright © 2012 by Editorial Department of the Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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