An unexpected and severe neurological disorder with permanent disability acquired during short-course treatment with metronidazole

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-280

  Rustscheff, Stefan ^a   Hulten, S ^a  

^a Värnamo General Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CITALOPRAM; COLESTYRAMINE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; LOPERAMIDE; LORAZEPAM; MEPENZOLATE; MESALAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIRTAZAPINE; PAPAVERINE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037746706     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310005314     Document Type: Article

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