Stable Bipolar Patient Switched to Mania following Clinical Doses of Prednisone
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We describe a stable bipolar female patient on medications that got switched into mania due to higher doses of prednisone prescribed for her severe sinusitis.
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دوره 2011 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2011