General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 560.e9-560.e10 , September 2010

Treatment-resistant depression prior to the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis: a case report

  • Ker-Li Hsueh, M.D., M.S.
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  • Pao-Yen Lin, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung County 833, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 7 7317123x8751; fax: +886 7 7326817.

Received 19 December 2009 ,Accepted 3 June 2010.

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PII: S0163-8343(10)00107-6

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.06.002

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 560.e9-560.e10 , September 2010

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