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Recurring short delirium with postpartum onset in two sisters.
Psychopathology - 1 Jan 2000
Sieche A, Giedke H
Abstract excerpt
We report on a 30-year-old woman who twice developed a short postpartum psychosis with organic signs, but without obvious organic cause. Extensive investigations only yielded a state of moderate hypercoagulability. Her sister had developed similar signs and symptoms during her second puerperium and died 5 days after her delivery. We discuss the combination of various precipitating factors for postpartum...
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