Successful treatment of psychosis with infliximab in a patient with Crohn's disease

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 194-195

  Reimer, Jens ^a   Fink, Torsten ^a   Bläker, Michael ^a   Schäfer, Ingo ^a   Otte, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; HALOPERIDOL; INFLIXIMAB; PREDNISOLONE; QUETIAPINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COMORBIDITY; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 62949219162     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.01.018     Document Type: Letter

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