ADRENOCORTICAL SUPPRESSION PRESENTING WITH AGITATED DEPRESSION, MORBID JEALOUSY, AND A DEMENTIA-LIKE STATE

被引:15
作者
HASSANYEH, F [1 ]
MURRAY, RB [1 ]
RODGERS, H [1 ]
机构
[1] RABY CROSS MED CTR,NEWCASTLE TYNE NE6 2FF,ENGLAND
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10.1192/bjp.159.6.870
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R749 [精神病学];
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100205 ;
摘要
A 66-year-old woman showed profound neuropsychiatric disturbance after withdrawal from prolonged corticosteroid treatment. Reintroduction of an alternative corticosteroid, at low dose, produced a return to premorbid mental state.
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