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Puerperal Psychosis: A brief review and unusual case report

This is a brief review of puerperal (post-partum) psychosis and contains a case report of Donkin Psychosis, an unusual form which is associated with pre-eclampsia, from Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. It includes considerations for treatment of Donkin Psychosis, in particular....

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Autores principales: Stewart, George H, Gadama, Luis Aaron, Kerry, Vanessa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Medical Association Of Malawi 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6698629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31452852
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/mmj.v31i2.11
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spelling pubmed-66986292019-08-26 Puerperal Psychosis: A brief review and unusual case report Stewart, George H Gadama, Luis Aaron Kerry, Vanessa Malawi Med J Case Report This is a brief review of puerperal (post-partum) psychosis and contains a case report of Donkin Psychosis, an unusual form which is associated with pre-eclampsia, from Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. It includes considerations for treatment of Donkin Psychosis, in particular. It is the first reported case of Donkin Psychosis from Africa, to our knowledge. The Medical Association Of Malawi 2019-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6698629/ /pubmed/31452852 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/mmj.v31i2.11 Text en © 2019 The College of Medicine and the Medical Association of Malawi. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6698629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31452852
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