title: Interictal schizophrenia-like psychosis in a patient with double cortex syndrome.
abstract: The authors report a female patient with sporadic double cortex syndrome who manifested recurrent interictal schizophrenia-like psychoses. She had no mutations in the doublecortin gene but a pericentric inversion of chromosome 9. Neurodevelopmental disturbances and seizures may be associated with her mental dysfunction.
authors: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. n_akanuma@hotmail.com
authors: Nozomi
authors: N
authors: Akanuma
authors: Osamu
authors: O
authors: Saitoh
authors: Takeo
authors: T
authors: Yoshikawa
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Matsuda
authors: Nako
authors: N
authors: Ishikura
authors: Masaaki
authors: M
authors: Kato
authors: Naoto
authors: N
authors: Adachi
authors: Teiichi
authors: T
authors: Onuma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 / Q000235:genetics; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9 / Q000235:genetics; D053938:DNA Fragmentation / Q000235:genetics; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004569:Electroencephalography; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017354:Point Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers