Acute dystonia following standard doses of a cold medicine containing phenylpropanolamine

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-58

  Heath, Harley W ^a,b   Allen, Jill K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; TRIAMINIC; TRIAMINIC DM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; DRUG FORMULATION; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN;

EID: 0031021602     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289703600109     Document Type: Article

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