Treatment-resistant depression prior to the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis: A case report

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 560.e9-560.e10

  Hsueh, Ker Li ^a   Lin, Pao Yen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cryptococcal meningitis; Treatment resistant depression

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; DULOXETINE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUOXETINE; MIRTAZAPINE;

AGED; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION; TREMOR;

EID: 77956883051     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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