Another Sudden Death in a Child Treated with Desipramine

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 792-797

  RIDDLE, MARK A ^a,b,c   GELLER, BARBARA ^a,b,c   RYAN, NEAL ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; desipramine; long QT syndrome; sudden death; tricyclics

Indexed keywords

DESIPRAMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0027215256     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199307000-00013     Document Type: Article

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