Suicidal and aggressive thoughts as a result of taking a hypericum preparation (St. John's wort);Suïcidale en agressieve gedachten bij gebruik van hypericumpreparaat (Sint-Janskruid)

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 149, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 1347-1349

  Nanayakkara, P W B ^a   Meijboom, M ^a   Schouten, J A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; HYPERICUM EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUICIDE;

EID: 20644466252     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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