Lethal seizures predicted after aminophylline therapy in cocaine abusers

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 387, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Gasior, Maciej ^a   Ungard, Jesse T ^a   Witkin, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a Drug Development Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Lethality; Seizure; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; LETHALITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

AMINOPHYLLINE; ANIMALS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; MALE; MICE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0033967298     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00801-8     Document Type: Article

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