General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 301-303 , July 2005

Cryptococcal meningitis mimicking primary mania in a young female

  • Wai Kwong Tang, MRCPsych

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Shatin Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China. Tel.: +852 2636 7760; fax: +852 2647 5321.
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  • M. Hui, MRCPath

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • G.S. Ungvari, FRCPsych

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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  • C.M. Leung, MRCPsych

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Received 6 January 2005 ,Revised 5 March 2005 ,Accepted 10 March 2005.

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PII: S0163-8343(05)00038-1

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.03.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 301-303 , July 2005

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