Abstract
The authors present a case of a patient with dementia with mood symptoms and multiple neurological manifestations of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). Despite a gradually deteriorating neurological course, he was managed for 2 years with combination therapy of donepezil and venlafaxine, which resulted in improvement and relative stabilization of his psychiatric status. Psychiatrists are hereby alerted to the description of a novel dementia syndrome that may respond to pharmacological intervention commonly used for other dementias.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 171-177 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2006 |
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- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
- Neuroscience(all)
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Dementia with mood symptoms in a fragile X premutation carrier with the fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome : Clinical intervention with donepezil and venlafaxine. / Bourgeois, James A.; Farzin, Faraz; Brunberg, James A.; Tassone, Flora; Hagerman, Paul; Zhang, Lin; Hessl, David; Hagerman, Randi.
In: Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Vol. 18, No. 2, 03.2006, p. 171-177.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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