How can key findings from patients with Urbach-Wiethe Disease (UWD) support the role of amygdala in socio-emotional-cognitive functioning? The case of a young adult with genetically proven UWD without amygdala calcifications

Introduction Urbach-Wiethe disease (UWD; also named Lipoid proteinosis or Hyalinosis cutis et mucosae) was first described in 1929 by the Austrian scientists Erich Urbach and Camillo Wiethe and constitutes an autosomal recessive disorder which is characterized by several changes of body and brain....

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Main Authors: A. Staniloiu, H. J. Markowitsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-03-01
Series:European Psychiatry
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933823012956/type/journal_article