Adult head-banging and stereotypic movement disorders

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 825-828

  Mendez, Mario F ^a,b   Mirea, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Head banging; Naltrexone; Self injury; Stereotypic movement disorder

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BOREDOM; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER;

EID: 0031655819     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130512     Document Type: Article

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