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Schizophrenia in a 46,XY Male with the Noonan Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

N. Rama Krishna*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School Building 50, North Chicago, Il 60064
Richard Abrams
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School Building 50, North Chicago, Il 60064
Michael A. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School Building 50, North Chicago, Il 60064
David Behar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Krishna.

Summary

We report for the first time the case of a male patient with the Noonan syndrome (Turner phenotype with a normal karyotype) who also had a psychiatric disorder which satisfied research criteria for schizophrenia.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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