Spontaneous ecchymoses due to paroxetine administration

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-198

  Cooper, Tracy Anne ^a   Valcour, Victor G ^a   Gibbons, Robert B ^a   O'Brien Falls, Kelly ^a  

^a Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MELENA; METRORRHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0032005912     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)00399-9     Document Type: Article

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