Prevalence of autoimmune thyroid dysfunction in postpartum psychosis

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 264-268

  Bergink, Veerle ^a   Kushner, Steven A ^a   Pop, Victor ^b   Kuijpens, Hans ^c   Lambregtse van Den Berg, Mijke P ^d   Drexhage, Roos C ^a   Wiersinga, Wilmar ^e   Nolen, Willem A ^f   Drexhage, Hemmo A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ArboUnie Occupational Health Service   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ^*  (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; OXAZEPAM; SERTRALINE; TEMAZEPAM; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERIUM; SURVIVAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FAILURE;

ADULT; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

EID: 79953723736     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.082990     Document Type: Article

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