A case with euprolactinemic galactorrhea induced by escitalopram

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-278

  Gulsun, Murat ^a   Algul, Ayhan ^b   Semiz, Umit Basar ^b   Ates, Mehmet Alpay ^b   Doruk, Ali ^c   Ebrinc, Servet ^a   Basoglu, Cengiz ^a   Cetin, Mesut ^a  

^a Isparta Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Escitalopram; Euprolactinemic galactorrhea; Side effect

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOPAMINE; ESCITALOPRAM; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EUPROLACTINEMIC GALACTORRHEA; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HUMAN; PANIC; PANIC AGORAPHOBIA SCALE; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CITALOPRAM; COMORBIDITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; PANIC DISORDER; PROLACTIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 37549056957     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.37.3.d     Document Type: Article

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