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9406742

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-16
pubmed:abstractText
A case report from our psychiatric ward demonstrates the emergence of two different organic pathologies, a subcortical dementia and a pernicious anemia, preceded by a psychiatric presentation mimicking a dementia of depression. We emphasize that the psychiatric mask and the lack of other clinical and paraclinical cobalamin deficiency signs were the chief obstacles to early diagnosis. Only a complete and thorough assessment allowed the real diagnosis. We describe a subcortical dementia, and after a review of the literature, we support the causalty of B12 hypovitaminosis (pernicious anemia) in the genesis of this dementia, in the absence of other organic causes of mental syndromes and in the presence of a positive and well-maintained response to vitamin B12 administration.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0010-440X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
349-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
An association between subcortical dementia and pernicious anemia--a psychiatric mask.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Timone Hospital, Marseille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports