Case report: Psychosis and catatonia in an adolescent patient with adipsic hypernatremia and autoantibodies against the subfornical organ

Case report: Psychosis and catatonia in an adolescent patient with adipsic hypernatremia and autoantibodies against the subfornical organ

This is the first description of a patient in which adipsic hypernatremia, a rare autoimmune encephalitis, presented in combination with complex psychiatric symptomatology, including psychosis and catatonia. Adipsic hypernatremia is characterized by autoantibodies against the thirst center of the br...

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Main Authors: Matthias Liebrand, Michael Rebsamen, Akari Nakamura-Utsunomiya, Luisa von den Driesch, Patrick Köck, Julien Caccia, Christoph Hamann, Roland Wiest, Michael Kaess, Sebastian Walther, Sibylle Tschumi, Takeshi Y. Hiyama, Jochen Kindler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
psychosis
schizophrenia
encephalitis
autoimmune
adipsic hypernatremia
case report
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1206226/full

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