Childhood psychosis and neurofibromatosis--more than a coincidence?

• Three children with both childhood psychosis and neurofibromatosis are reported from a total population screening of psychotic disorder in childhood that had produced 51 cases born in the years 1962-1976 in the Göteborg region, Sweden. The findings suggest that the simultaneous occurrence of neurofibromatosis and childhood psychosis might be more than a coincidence. Underlying monoaminergic dysfunction is postulated as one possible reason for the finding.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Autistic Disorder

Complications

Epidemiology

Child

Female

Humans

Male

Neurofibromatosis 1

Complications

Epidemiology

Psychotic Disorders

Complications

Epidemiology

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)