Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2017

Schizophrenia like psychosis in Alport syndrome

Geetha Muthurangam, Ranganathan Thirumalai

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      A 28 year old male with Alport syndrome presented with preoccupied behaviour, heå voices, sleep disturbance and abusive behaviour for past 5 years. He was diagnosed as a case of Schizophrenia like psychosis and followed up.  This case is presented to focus on the clinical similarities between the presentation of this disorder and schizophrenia, suggesting a possible similar genomic location or a genetic mechanism of transmission for both disorders.  

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Geetha Muthurangam, Ranganathan Thirumalai, Schizophrenia like psychosis in Alport syndrome, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾6 | June‾2017

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