Combining methylphenidate and clonidine

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 614-622

  Wilens, Timothy E ^a   Spencer, Thomas J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; FLUOXETINE; ISOPRENALINE; LITHIUM; METHYLPHENIDATE; PROMETHAZINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DRUG OVERDOSE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TIC; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032959867     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199905000-00025     Document Type: Review

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