Toxoplasma seropositivity and depression: A case report

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Kar, Nilamadhab ^a   Misra, Baikunthanath ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; PYRIMETHAMINE; SERTRALINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MALE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SULFADIAZINE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2642513158     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-4-1     Document Type: Article

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