Manic episode associated with citalopram therapy for interferon-induced depression in a patient with chronic hepatitis C infection

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 374-376

  Wu, Po Lun ^a   Liao, Kuan Fu ^a   Peng, Cheng Yuan ^a   Pariante, Carmine M ^b   Su, Kuan Pin ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; HALOPERIDOL; MOOD STABILIZER; OXCARBAZEPINE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; TRANQUILIZER; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LOGORRHEA; MALE; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS TYPING;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CITALOPRAM; DEPRESSION; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; MALE; TAIWAN;

EID: 34250694821     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.04.006     Document Type: Letter

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