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Chronic Psychosis in Turner's Syndrome

Case Report and a Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. S. Bamrah  and
M. E. Mackay
J. S. Bamrah*
Affiliation:
Prestwich Hospital currently Consultant Psychiatrist, Bridgewater Hospital
M. E. Mackay
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation Unit, Prestwich Hospital, Manchester
*
∗Bridgewater Hospital, Green Lane, Patricrof, Eccles, Manchester M30 0RL
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Abstract

A 59-year-old woman with Turner's syndrome developed epilepsy, diabetes mellitus, chronic psychosis, and subsequently pre-senile dementia. This would endorse the view that psychosis in Turner's syndrome arises through brain damage.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 6 , December 1989 , pp. 857 - 859
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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