A case of Sheehan's syndrome with delirium

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 327-330

  Umekawa, Tsunekazu ^a   Yoshida, Toshihide ^a   Sakane, Naoki ^a   Kondo, Motoharu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

delirium; hyponatremia; panhypopituitarism; Sheehan's syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPITUITARISM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THETA RHYTHM; TONSIL DISEASE;

EID: 0030460378     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1996.tb00574.x     Document Type: Article

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