Polycythaemia, delirium and mania.

Chawla, M; Lindesay, J · Br J Psychiatry · 1993

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

The case is described of a 65-year-old woman who initially presented with delirium caused by polycythaemia rubra vera. Following venesection she was discharged home recovered, but presented again shortly after with an episode of mania associated with relapse of her polycythaemia.

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