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Chromosomal Aberrations in a Patient with Severe Psychopathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gunnar Akner ,
Karl-Henrik Gustavson ,
Eva Håkansson ,
Jan Sääf ,
Hans Kiessling ,
Arthur Yuwiler  and
Lennart Wetterberg
Gunnar Akner
Affiliation:
Karolinska Institute, Novum F60, Huddinge University Hospital, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden
Karl-Henrik Gustavson
Affiliation:
Academic Hospital, University of Uppsala, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Eva Håkansson
Affiliation:
Academic Hospital, University of Uppsala, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Jan Sääf
Affiliation:
Karolinska Institute, St Goran's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Hans Kiessling
Affiliation:
151 85 Södertälje, Sweden
Arthur Yuwiler
Affiliation:
T-85, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Brentwood, Los Angeles CA 90073, USA
Lennart Wetterberg*
Affiliation:
Karolinska Institute, St Goran's Hospital, S-11281 Stockholm, Sweden
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The case of a female patient showing aggressive, compulsive, destructive behaviour, ritualistic faecal smearing, and hyperactivity is presented. The behaviour is long standing, therapy-resistant, and its aetiology is unknown, although it is seemingly associated with chromosomal abnormalities secondary to abnormal plasma factors.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 161 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 551 - 555
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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