Beneficial effects of add-on raloxifene in schizophrenia A case report

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-148

  Sharma, Eesha ^a   Raveendranathan, Dhanya ^a   Shivakumar, Venkataram ^a   Jayaram, Naveen ^a   Rao, Naren P ^a   Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Raloxifene; Schizophrenia; Selective estrogen receptor modulators

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; CLOZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RALOXIFENE; RISPERIDONE; THYROXINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIALIZATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RALOXIFENE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS;

EID: 84861573109     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-012-0259-1     Document Type: Article

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