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Case Reports
. 2019 Oct 17;41(5):460-462.
doi: 10.1590/1516-4446-2019-0558. eCollection 2019.

Catatonia - not only a schizophrenia subtype: a case report of Wilson's disease

Catarina M Braga  1 , Isabela de F Pina  1 , Amaury Cantilino  2 , Leonardo Machado  2
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Catatonia - not only a schizophrenia subtype: a case report of Wilson's disease

Catarina M Braga et al. Braz J Psychiatry. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1. MRI of brain showing diffuse volumetric reduction with adaptive dilation of the ventricular system and bilateral hyperintensity in the basal ganglia on T2/FLAIR sequences, especially in the periphery of the putamen, alterations which are consistent with Wilson’s disease.
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