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Treatment-resistant psychotic symptoms and the 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 (Burnside-Butler) deletion syndrome: case report and review of the literature.

Martilias S FarrellMaya LichtensteinMatthew K HarnerJames J CrowleyDawn M FilmyerGabriel Lázaro-MuñozTyler E DietterichLisa M BrunoRita A ShaughnessyTamara F BiondiStephan BurkholderJane DonmoyerJonathan S BergJin SzatkiewiczPatrick F SullivanRichard C Josiassen
Published in: Translational psychiatry (2020)
The 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 (Burnside-Butler) deletion is a rare copy number variant impacting four genes (NIPA1, NIPA2, CYFIP1, and TUBGCP5), and carries increased risks for developmental delay, intellectual disability, and neuropsychiatric disorders (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, and psychosis). In this case report (supported by extensive developmental information and medication history), we present the complex clinical portrait of a 44-year-old woman with 15q11.2 BP1-BP2 deletion syndrome and chronic, treatment-resistant psychotic symptoms who has resided nearly her entire adult life in a long-term state psychiatric institution. Diagnostic and treatment implications are discussed.
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