TY - JOUR
T1 - Antipsychotic sensitivity in normal pressure hydrocephalus
AU - Mishra, Biswa Ranjan
AU - Sarkar, Sukanto
AU - Mishra, Sayali
AU - Praharaj, Samir Kumar
AU - Mahapatra, Pranab
AU - Sinha, Vinod Kumar
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - Normal pressure hydrocephalus is characterized by a clinically progressive triad of an abnormal gait, dementia and urinary incontinence, which might present as paranoid psychosis, mood disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and, occasionally, with frontal lobe symptoms. We are reporting a patient having schizophrenia with intolerance to even low dose of antipsychotics, who was subsequently revealed to be having communicating hydrocephalus.
AB - Normal pressure hydrocephalus is characterized by a clinically progressive triad of an abnormal gait, dementia and urinary incontinence, which might present as paranoid psychosis, mood disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and, occasionally, with frontal lobe symptoms. We are reporting a patient having schizophrenia with intolerance to even low dose of antipsychotics, who was subsequently revealed to be having communicating hydrocephalus.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.09.014
DO - 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.09.014
M3 - Article
C2 - 21353138
AN - SCOPUS:79951858106
SN - 0163-8343
VL - 33
JO - General Hospital Psychiatry
JF - General Hospital Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -
