Curses, madness, and mefloquine

Psychosomatics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-341

  Kukoyi, Oladipo ^b   Carney, Caroline P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONFUSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MYSTICISM; NIGHTMARE; PSYCHOSIS; RESTLESSNESS; SIDE EFFECT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VERTIGO; VIVID DREAM;

EID: 0038204798     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.44.4.339     Document Type: Article

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