Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 230-234 , May 2004

Resolution of delusional depression after recovery from delirium

  • Hirofumi Ueki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Hirofumi Ueki, M.D., Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Gifu University School of Medicine, Tsukasamachi 40, Gifu-shi, 500-8705 Gifu, Japan
    • ,
  • Naoshi Ogawa

      Affiliations

    • Gifu Psychiatric Hospital, Gifu, Japan

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PII: S0010-440X(03)00223-2

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2003.12.009

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 230-234 , May 2004

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