Role of sleep loss in the causation of puerperal psychosis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-481

  Sharma, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Regional Mental Health Care London   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; STEROID;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOOD; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0142205781     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00200-7     Document Type: Article

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