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Catatonia in Adolescence: First Onset Psychosis or Anti-NMDAr Encephalitis?
- Source :
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Clinical neuropharmacology [Clin Neuropharmacol] 2019 Jul/Aug; Vol. 42 (4), pp. 136-138. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Catatonia is a rare condition that can occur in developmental disorders, but it is more frequently seen in schizophrenia. Recently, a high prevalence of cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities including the detection of antineuronal autoantibodies has been observed in psychotic patients. Among these autoimmune encephalopathies associated with a psychiatric condition, a great deal of attention has been paid to anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAr) encephalitis, which may present, among other things, symptoms such as catatonia, which therefore imposes a differential diagnosis with respect to the early psychosis. The aim of our study was to describe the clinical characteristics of 4 cases with catatonic symptoms to understand the differences between the psychotic symptoms due to a type of encephalitis anti-NMDAr and the psychotic symptoms without anti-NMDAr.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1537-162X
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical neuropharmacology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31157633
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/WNF.0000000000000348