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A queer case of Parry–Romberg syndrome with coexisting psychiatric ailment

Progressive facial hemiatrophy or Parry–Romberg syndrome is a rare disorder of unknown etiology which is characterized by atrophy of the one side of the face and various neurological complications. Clinical overlap is sometimes seen with linear scleroderma or en coup de sabre. We present such a case...

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Autores principales: Chauhan, Narvir Singh, Singh, Sukjit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6341918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30745662
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_340_17
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description Progressive facial hemiatrophy or Parry–Romberg syndrome is a rare disorder of unknown etiology which is characterized by atrophy of the one side of the face and various neurological complications. Clinical overlap is sometimes seen with linear scleroderma or en coup de sabre. We present such a case that manifested clinically with partial epilepsy and novel psychiatric complaints of agoraphobia.
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spelling pubmed-63419182019-02-11 A queer case of Parry–Romberg syndrome with coexisting psychiatric ailment Chauhan, Narvir Singh Singh, Sukjit Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Progressive facial hemiatrophy or Parry–Romberg syndrome is a rare disorder of unknown etiology which is characterized by atrophy of the one side of the face and various neurological complications. Clinical overlap is sometimes seen with linear scleroderma or en coup de sabre. We present such a case that manifested clinically with partial epilepsy and novel psychiatric complaints of agoraphobia. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6341918/ /pubmed/30745662 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_340_17 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short A queer case of Parry–Romberg syndrome with coexisting psychiatric ailment
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6341918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30745662
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