Drug-induced leukoencephalopathy presenting as catatonia

Abstract We discuss the case of a 35-year-old woman who presented with thought impoverishment, disorganized behavior, and echolalia. The patient's condition progressed to treatment-refractory catatonia. She was started on oral Coenzyme Q10 after magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed fi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	General hospital psychiatry 2011, Vol.33 (1), p.85.e1-85.e3
Hauptverfasser:	Anbarasan, Deepti, M.D, Campion, Paul, M.D, Howard, Jonathan, M.D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Catatonia Cocaine - adverse effects Cocaine-induced leukoencephalopathy Coenzyme q10 Diagnosis, Differential Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors - adverse effects Drug-induced leukoencephalopathy Female Humans Leukoencephalopathies - chemically induced Leukoencephalopathies - diagnosis Leukoencephalopathies - diagnostic imaging Leukoencephalopathies - physiopathology Psychiatry Radiography Ubiquinone - analogs & derivatives Ubiquinone - therapeutic use
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