General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 138-139 , March 2003

Secondary mania caused by caffeine

  • Naoshi Ogawa, MD*

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Gifu University School of Medicine, Tsukasa-machi, Gifu, 500-8705 Japan
    • Department of Neurology, Gifu Hospital, Hinohigashi 3-13-6, Gifu, 500-8211 Japan
    • ,
  • Hirofumi Ueki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Gifu University School of Medicine, Tsukasa-machi, Gifu, 500-8705 Japan

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PII: S0163-8343(02)00273-6

doi: 10.1016/S0163-8343(02)00273-6

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 138-139 , March 2003

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