Catatonia responsive to lorazepam: A case report

Movement Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 161-162

  Rosenfeld, Michael J ^a   Friedman, Joseph H ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORAZEPAM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CATATONIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032905023     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(199901)14:1<161::AID-MDS1030>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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