Case Report: “Niemann-Pick Disease Type C in a Catatonic Patient Treated With Electroconvulsive Therapy”

Case Report: “Niemann-Pick Disease Type C in a Catatonic Patient Treated With Electroconvulsive Therapy”

We describe a case of an adolescent male with Niemann-Pick Type C (NP-C), a neurodegenerative lysosomal lipid storage disorder, who presented with recurrent catatonia which required repeated treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). During the ECT-course, seizure threshold increased substantia...

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Main Authors: M. van Verseveld, L. H. Koens, Tom J. de Koning, R. L. E. Derikx, J. A. van Waarde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
electroconvulsive therapy
inborn errors of metabolism
Niemann-Pick type C
catatonia
seizure threshold
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.745734/full

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