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Seasonal Hypomania in a Patient with Cold Urticaria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

N. S. Harvey  and
W. I. Mikhail
N. S. Harvey*
Affiliation:
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF
W. I. Mikhail
Affiliation:
Stone House Hospital, Dartford, Kent
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The clinical and biochemical disturbances of a patient with seasonal hypomania and cold urticaria are described and discussed with reference to histamine metabolism in mental disorder.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 2 , August 1986 , pp. 238 - 241
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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