Pseudodementia in a twenty-one-year-old with bipolar disorder and vitamin B12 and folate deficiency
West Indian med. j
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49(4): 347-348, Dec. 2000.
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ABSTRACT
A twenty-one-year-old female known to suffer from bipolar type I disorder developed features of a pseudodementia. Following prompt initial response to treatment with antidepressants, there was an early recurrence of cognitive impairment. Blood investigations confirmed a macrocytic anaemia and vitamin B12 and folate deficiencies. There was dramatic resolution of cognitive impairment after vitamin replacement. This suggested the occurrence of a reversible nutritional dementia and reinforced the need to rule out secondary organic causes of psychiatric symptoms even in patients previously diagnosed with a primary psychiatric disorder.
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Assunto principal:
Deficiência de Vitamina B 12
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Transtorno Bipolar
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Demência
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Deficiência de Ácido Fólico
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Trinidad e Tobago
Instituição/País de afiliação:
University of the West Indies/TT
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