Frontotemporal Dementia, Manifested as Schizophrenia, with Decreased Heterochromatin on Chromosome 1

Introduction. Frontotemporal dementia is a disorder of complex etiology, with genetic components contributing to the disease. The aim of this report is to describe a young patient suffering from frontotemporal dementia, misdiagnosed as schizophrenia, related to a genetic defect on chromosome 1. Case...

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Main Authors: Philippos Gourzis, Maria Skokou, Panagiotis Polychronopoulos, Evanthia Soubasi, Irene-Eva Triantaphyllidou, Christos Aravidis, Antonia-Ioanna Sarela, Zoe Kosmaidou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Psychiatry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/937518