Psychosis and Catatonia in Fragile X Syndrome

Fragile X syndrome is an inherited disorder with an X-linked dominant inheritance pattern that is the most commonly inherited cause of intellectual developmental disorder and has a strong association with autism spectrum disorder. This report describes the case of an 18-year-old male with fragile X...

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Autores principales: Keshtkarjahromi, Mitra, Palvadi, Karishma, Shah, Aayush, Dempsey, Kendall R, Tonarelli, Silvina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Genetics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7899258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33633882
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12843
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Sumario:Fragile X syndrome is an inherited disorder with an X-linked dominant inheritance pattern that is the most commonly inherited cause of intellectual developmental disorder and has a strong association with autism spectrum disorder. This report describes the case of an 18-year-old male with fragile X syndrome and multiple psychiatric comorbidities who presented with new onset psychosis and catatonia.

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