Melatonin-induced withdrawal emergent dyskinesia and akathisia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 381-382

  Giladi, Nir ^a   Shabtai, H ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MELATONIN; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0033406657     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(199903)14:2<381::AID-MDS1036>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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