Lesson of the week: Akathisia: Overlooked at a cost

British Medical Journal

Volumn 324, Issue 7352, 2002, Pages 1506-1507

  Akagi, Hiroko ^a   Manoj Kumar, T ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CINNARIZINE; DILTIAZEM; DOMPERIDONE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUNARIZINE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LEVODOPA; LITHIUM CARBONATE; METHYLDOPA; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NEFAZODONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PAROXETINE; PETHIDINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROPRANOLOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; SUMATRIPTAN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AKATHISIA; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037157559     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7352.1506     Document Type: Short Survey

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