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Mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis of patients with 'atypical psychosis'.
Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences - 1 Aug 2005
Kazuno An-A, Munakata Kae, Mori Kanako, Tanaka Masashi, Nanko Shinichiro, Kunugi Hiroshi, Umekage Tadashi, Tochigi Mamoru, Kohda Kazuhisa, Sasaki Tsukasa, Akiyama Tsuyoshi, Washizuka Shinsuke, Kato Nobumasa, Kato Tadafumi
Abstract excerpt
Although classical psychopathological studies have shown the presence of an independent diagnostic category, 'atypical psychosis', most psychotic patients are currently classified into two major diagnostic categories, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edn; DSM-IV) criteria. 'Atypical psychosis' is characterized by acute confusion without...
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