Escitalopram induced galactorrhoea: A case report

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 557-558

  Aggarwal, Ashish ^a   Kumar, Ramesh ^a   Sharma, Ravi C ^a   Sharma, Dinesh Dutt ^a  

^a Indira Gandhi Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ESCITALOPRAM; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; BREAST DISCHARGE; BREAST TENDERNESS; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RELAXATION TRAINING; TENSION HEADACHE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; CITALOPRAM; FEMALE; GALACTORRHEA; HEADACHE; HUMANS;

EID: 77949776118     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.01.021     Document Type: Letter

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