Psychiatric Disorders in Patients with Fabry's Disease
| Autor: | R. P. Grewal |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Vascular disease business.industry Mental Disorders Chronic pain Pain Disease medicine.disease Fabry's disease Fabry disease Cerebrovascular Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health Carbamazepine alpha-Galactosidase Diplopia medicine Etiology Fabry Disease Humans Complication Psychiatry business Depression (differential diagnoses) |
| Zdroj: | The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 23:307-312 |
| ISSN: | 1541-3527 0091-2174 |
| Popis: | Objective: To determine the frequency and etiology of psychiatric complications in patients with Fabry's disease. Method-Retrospective analysis and review of the records of thirty-three patients with confirmed Fabry's disease. Results: Six patients (18%) developed psychiatric disorders. Five patients suffered depression and two of these patients committed suicide. One patient developed an acute confusional episode with subsequent development of behavioral changes as a complication of cerebrovascular disease. Conclusions: Psychiatric disorders, most commonly depression, complicate Fabry's disease and contribute to the morbidity and mortality of this disease. |
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