Case study: Adverse response to clonidine

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 539-544

  Cantwell, Dennis P ^a,d   Swanson, James ^b   Connor, Daniel F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse responses; attention deficit disorder; clonidine

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; METHYLPHENIDATE;

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0030892740     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199704000-00017     Document Type: Article

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