Periodic catatonia with long-term treatment: a case report
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Periodic catatonia with long-term treatment: a case report
BACKGROUND Periodic catatonia has long been a challenging diagnosis and there are no absolute guidelines for treatment when precipitating factors are also unclear. We report a schizophrenia patient with periodic catatonia with a 15-year treatment course. A possible correlation between decreased daylight exposure and periodic attacks has been observed. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a 49-year-o...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Psychiatry
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-017-1497-6