Lithium improved behavioral and epileptic symptoms in an adolescent with ring chromosome 20 and bipolar disorder not otherwise specified | Zendy

Inal Adlane | Zendy; Chaumette Boris | Zendy; Soleimani Maryam | Zendy; Guerrot AnneMarie | Zendy; Goldenberg Alice | Zendy; Lebas Axel | Zendy; Gerardin Priscille | Zendy; Ferrafiat Vladimir | Zendy

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Lithium improved behavioral and epileptic symptoms in an adolescent with ring chromosome 20 and bipolar disorder not otherwise specified

Author(s) -

Inal Adlane,

Chaumette Boris,

Soleimani Maryam,

Guerrot AnneMarie,

Goldenberg Alice,

Lebas Axel,

Gerardin Priscille,

Ferrafiat Vladimir

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

clinical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2050-0904

DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1796

Subject(s) - lithium (medication) , medicine , bipolar disorder , phenotype , girl , psychiatry , pediatrics , bioinformatics , genetics , biology , gene

Key Clinical Message We present a case of ring chromosome 20 syndrome in a twelve‐year‐old girl, with resistant epileptic disease and severe behavioral impairment that both drastically improved after a lithium challenge. If replicated, this could support the use of lithium as a safe treatment in the management of this severe phenotype.

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