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Polycythaemia, Delirium and Mania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mohan Chawla  and
James Lindesay
Mohan Chawla
Affiliation:
Towers Hospital, Leicester LE5 0DT
James Lindesay*
Affiliation:
Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The case is described of a 65-year-old woman who initially presented with delirium caused by polycythaemia rubra vera. Following venesection she was discharged home recovered, but presented again shortly after with an episode of mania associated with relapse of her polycythaemia.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 6 , June 1993 , pp. 833 - 835
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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