Darier's disease and schizophrenia

Darier's disease, also known as Darier-White disease or keratosis follicularis, is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis. Clinical experience has long suggested an association between neuropsychiatric abnormalities and Darier's disease. Although there are no formal epidemiological studi...

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Published inEast Asian archives of psychiatry Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 190 - 192
Main Authors Charmaine Tang, Megan Chan, Jimmy Lee, Jayaraman Hariram
Format Journal Article
Published 01.12.2010
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Diseases
Keratosis follicularis
Psychological aspects
Risk factors
Schizophrenia
Skin
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Summary:Darier's disease, also known as Darier-White disease or keratosis follicularis, is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis. Clinical experience has long suggested an association between neuropsychiatric abnormalities and Darier's disease. Although there are no formal epidemiological studies confirming this association, there have been a number of reports of patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations and Darier's disease in the literature. However, most reports have come from Caucasian populations, with limited reports of Darier's disease and its neuropsychiatric associations among Asian populations. This report describes 2 Asian patients presenting with associated schizophrenia and Darier's disease.
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East Asian Archives of Psychiatry, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2010: 190-192
ISSN:2078-9947