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Psychiatric Illness in a Large Family with Familial Hyperparathyroidism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Thomas A. Flanagan ,
Donald W. Goodwin  and
Philip Alderson
Thomas A. Flanagan
Affiliation:
From the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Donald W. Goodwin
Affiliation:
From the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Philip Alderson
Affiliation:
From the Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 4940 Audubon Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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In 1964 Cutler et al. (1) reported on a family in which 11 members apparently had primary hyperparathyroidism. Seven cases were diagnosed at surgery; four other members had elevated serum calcium and other evidence of the disease. It was noted as an incidental finding that two of the affected members also suffered from severe psychiatric illness. The present study is a six-year follow-up investigation of the family from a psychiatric viewpoint, using non-hyperparathyroidism family members as controls to explore the possible relation of hyperparathyroidism to psychiatric illness.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 117 , Issue 541 , December 1970 , pp. 693 - 698
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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