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Quinacrine‐induced psychiatric disturbances in a child with common variable immunodeficiency and chronic giardiasis
Author(s) -
Genel Ferah,
Erermis Serpil,
Aksu Guzide,
Ozturk Can,
Kutukculer Necil
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
human psychopharmacology: clinical and experimental
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.461
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1099-1077
pISSN - 0885-6222
DOI - 10.1002/hup.427
Subject(s) - common variable immunodeficiency , psychiatry , medicine , complication , depression (economics) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pediatrics , broad spectrum , immunology , chemistry , antibody , economics , combinatorial chemistry , macroeconomics
Psychiatric disorders due to quinacrine for antiparasitic therapy represent an infrequent, but serious, complication. The remarkable course of a 12‐year‐old boy with common variable immunodeficiency who developed severe psychiatric reactions following quinacrine therapy for his resistant chronic giardiasis is presented. The broad clinical spectrum of quinacrine‐associated neuropsychiatric disturbances has been emphasized for the clinicians. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.