Delusion of Pregnancy: A Case Revisited

A patient with delusion of pregnancy as an early feature of frontotemporal dementia with motor neurone disease (FTD/MND) who was reported some years ago was posthumously found to harbor the C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion, now known to be the most common genetic cause of FTD/MND. Some series...

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Autor principal: Larner, A. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IOS Press 2013
Materias:
Clinical Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23548882
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-120324
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Sumario:A patient with delusion of pregnancy as an early feature of frontotemporal dementia with motor neurone disease (FTD/MND) who was reported some years ago was posthumously found to harbor the C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion, now known to be the most common genetic cause of FTD/MND. Some series have found psychosis to be common in FTD associated with this mutation, so this test should be considered in individuals with clinical features of FTD and MND and/or with a family history of either disorder who present with bizarre delusions.

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