Gender Differences in Persistent Delusional Disorder
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Gender Differences in Persistent Delusional Disorder
216 Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine | Volume 39 | Issue 2 | March-April 2017 Our patient had reported asymmetric, tender enlargement of the breasts (gynecomastia was more evident in left side than right). However, there was no sexual dysfunction. The side effect was reported with 10 mg/day olanzapine which improved when the dose of medication was reduced to 5 mg/day. There is evidence ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0253-7176,0975-1564
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.203123