Affective psychoses following renal transplant.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Six patients who developed affective psychoses following renal transplantation ae reported. Each patient was treated, with careful management, with an appropriate somatic therapy (including phenothiazines, tricyclic antidepressants, electroconvulsive treatments and lithium carbonate). The results of this treatment approach were uniformaly successful. The similarity ofthe affective psychoses that developed in this patient population and those previously described psychoses attributed to steroid therapy is commented upon.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Blazer, DG; Petrie, WM; Wilson, WP
Published Date
- December 1, 1976
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 37 / 12
Start / End Page
- 663 - 667
PubMed ID
- 793797
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0012-3714
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States