Part 1 describes the case of a 74-year-old woman who experienced a worsening of her psychiatric condition shortly after commencing fluoxetine and was found to have a low serum sodium level. The clinical features of hyponatraemia and its causes are reviewed. Part 2 reviews the reports of hyponatraemi
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for the elderly
โ Scribed by R. Howard; D. Bandyopadhyay
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 294 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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