Home|Journals|Articles by Year|Audio Abstracts
 

Case Report

Dusunen Adam. 2013; 26(3): 299-302


Personality changes in a patient with Wilson’s disease

Esra Sena Genç, Abdullah Genç, Neşe Üstün Güveneroğlu.




Abstract

Wilson’s disease (WD) is a rare disorder that primarily affects liver and brain, with the onset frequently in adolescence. Psychiatric symptoms are remarkable and the first manifestation in most cases. WD, when first presented with psychiatric symptoms, delay in the diagnosis can often occurs. This study describes a case of WD starting with tremor and depression and developing permanent personality and behavioral changes later.

Key words: Personality change, psychiatric symptom, Wilson’s disease






Full-text options


Share this Article


Online Article Submission
• ejmanager.com




ejPort - eJManager.com
Refer & Earn
JournalList
About BiblioMed
License Information
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Contact Us

The articles in Bibliomed are open access articles licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.