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Treatment-resistant mania with primary hypothyroidism: a case of recovery after levothyroxine
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Treatment-resistant mania with primary hypothyroidism: a case of recovery after levothyroxine
J Clin Psychiatry.
1987 Dec.
Abstract
A manic-depressive woman was unresponsive to treatment with lithium and neuroleptics during a period of mania. Additional levothyroxine treatment of her primary hypothyroidism resulted in rapid and complete recovery from her mania.
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