Role of vitamin B12 in depressive disorder - a case report

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-186

  Rao, Naren P ^a   Kumar, Naveen C ^a   Raman, Bhargava R P ^a   Sivakumar, Palanimuthu T ^a   Pandey, Ravi S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Organic depression; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; COBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ESCITALOPRAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE;

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; GAIT DISORDER; GUILT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF ESTEEM; VEGETARIAN; INDIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 39049120667     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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