title: Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) presenting with psychosis.
abstract: The authors report on four DRPLA patients who manifested delusions. All patients demonstrated autosomal dominant DRPLA confirmed by standard gene analysis. Patients with DRPLA can exhibit a variety of psychiatric symptoms in addition to extrapyramidal and cerebellar symptoms.
authors.affiliation: National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan. adac-chan@tky2.3web.ne.jp
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.lastname: Goto Yi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Onuma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukutani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020191:Myoclonic Epilepsies, Progressive / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics