Sheehan's syndrome presenting as psychosis: A rare clinical presentation

Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-37

  Shoib, Sheikh ^a   Dar, Mohamand Maqbool ^a   Arif, Tasleem ^b   Bashir, Haamid ^b   Bhat, Mohammad Hayat ^b   Ahmed, Javid ^c  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Department of community medicine ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Hypopituitarism; Psychosis; Sheehan's syndrome; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872513866     PISSN: 10161430     EISSN: 22516840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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