Thyroid hormone and reserpine abolished periods of periodic catatonia: a case report

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-156

  Komori, T ^a   Nomaguchi, M ^b   Kodama, S ^c   Takigawa, M ^c   Nomura, J ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima Prefectural Aira Hospital   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androsterone; Etiocholanolone; Periodic catatonia; Reserpine; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

17 OXOSTEROID; LIOTHYRONINE; RESERPINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUPOR; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0030842075     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09921.x     Document Type: Article

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