Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Presenting as Schizophreniform Psychosis
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 155 (4), 557-559
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.155.4.557
Abstract
A case of a 21-year-old woman with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis presenting with paranoid schizophreniform symptoms is presented. The relationship between viral encephalitis and psychiatric symptoms is briefly considered.Keywords
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