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. 1998 Apr-Jun;40(2):192–194.

MANIA ASSOCIATED WITH HEPATITIS B : A CASE REPORT

Ramanand Satapathy *,*, M Jai Prakash Babu , V Padma , Vijay M Gopal §
PMCID: PMC2965845  PMID: 21494469

Abstract

Mania following or associated with medical and pharmacological conditions is well known. However there are no reports of mania in a case of acute viral hepatitis B infection. This paper describes a manic disorder in a young female with acute viral hepatitis B infection, without any past or family history of psychiatric illness or associated psychosocial stressors.

Keywords: Organic manic disorder, secondary mania, serum hepatitis, acute viral hepatitis B, icterus, jaundice

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