Affective psychoses following renal transplant.

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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.

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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

Pubmed Central ID

  • 793797

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0012-3714

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • United States