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Mania Secondary to Thyrotoxicosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Sing Lee*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry
Chun Chung Chow
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine
Y. K. Wing
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry
C. M. Leung
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry
Helen Chiu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry
Char-Nie Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
*
Dr S. Lee, Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, 11/F, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong

Abstract

A case of severe mania due to thyrotoxicosis responded to propranolol and propylthiouracil.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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