Bilateral ulnar nerve paralysis: An unreported complication of drug-induced extrapyramidal rigidity

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 427-428

  Sampath, Govindarajan ^a   Pandurangi, Ananda K ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroleptics; Paralysis; Parkinsonism; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUPHENAZINE DECANOATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROCYCLIDINE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; TIME; ULNAR NERVE PARALYSIS;

EID: 0030764491     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679709073855     Document Type: Article

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