Risk of abuse of diphenhydramine in children and adolescents with chronic illnesses

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-295

  Dinndorf, P A ^a   McCabe, M A ^a   Frierdich, S ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMENHYDRINATE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SARCOMA CELL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREMOR; URINE RETENTION; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0031928602     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(98)70240-9     Document Type: Article

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