Oestradiol treatment helped a depressed postmenopausal woman to stop her psychotropic medication: A case report

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 480-481

  Korhonen, S ^a   Saarijarvi S ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

depression; oestradiol; postmenopause

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ESTRADIOL; PERPHENAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030459826     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09895.x     Document Type: Article

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