Graves' disease presenting as paranoid schizophrenia in a Nigerian woman: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Ogah, Okechukwu S ^a   Timeyin, Anne O ^a   Kayode, Oluyinka A ^a   Otukoya, Adedeji S ^a   Akinyemi, Rufus O ^a   Adeyemi, Folashade I ^a  

^a FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; CARBIMAZOLE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HALOPERIDOL; LIOTHYRONINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NIGERIA; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PULSE RATE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SWELLING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77953387819     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-6708     Document Type: Article

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