The neuropsychiatric profile of Addison's disease: Revisiting a forgotten phenomenon

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 450-459

  Anglin, Rebecca E ^a   Rosebush, Patricia I ^a,b   Mazurek, Michael F ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Health Sciences Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INFUSION FLUID; LEVOTHYROXINE; MAGNESIUM; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENOLEUKODYSTROPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; MOTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 33750822803     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2006.18.4.450     Document Type: Review

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