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Psychiatric Features of Adult GM2 Gangliosidosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J. Streifler ,
M. Golomb  and
N. Gadoth
J. Streifler*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Beilinson Medical Center
M. Golomb
Affiliation:
Geha Psychiatric Hospital, Petah Tikva
N. Gadoth
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tikva, and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
*
∗Department of Neurology, Beilinson Medical Center, 49 100 Petah Tikva, Israel
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Abstract

The report describes three unrelated Ashkenazi Jewish women with adult GM2 gangliosidosis in whom mental symptoms were prominent, mimicking different psychiatric disorders, and thus delaying accurate diagnosis.

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Brief Report
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 3 , September 1989 , pp. 410 - 413
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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