Withdrawal syndromes

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 273-288

  Olmedo, Ruben ^a,b   Hoffman, Robert S ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLMETHADOL; ALCOHOL; BACLOFEN; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUTYROPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MAGNESIUM; METHADONE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHENYTOIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS TOLERANCE; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOTENSION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREMOR; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0034114208     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70124-3     Document Type: Article

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