Case Report of Childhood-Onset Psychosis in a Patient with a Known WNT10A Mutation.
JOURNAL OF THE CANADIAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY = JOURNAL DE L'ACADEMIE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE DE L'ENFANT ET DE L'ADOLESCENT 2019;
28:147-150. [PMID:
31798653 PMCID:
PMC6863571]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To report on a patient with childhood-onset psychosis at age 12 with a known WNT10A mutation.
METHODS
Case report.
RESULTS
The patient is a 12-year-old male who presented with an acute onset of psychosis in the context of a known WNT10A mutation.
CONCLUSION
WNT genes have only been previously linked to schizophrenia on a theoretical basis. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of an association between a childhood-onset psychosis and a WNT10A mutation. We conclude that there is a possibility that WNT10A may be one of the many genes contributing to the development of childhood-onset schizophrenia.
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