Zolpidem-related epileptic seizures: A case report

European Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 140-141

  Tripodianakis, J ^a   Potagas, C ^a   Papageorgiou, P ^a   Lazaridou, M ^a   Matikas, N ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BIPERIDEN; DIAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PHENYTOIN; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DELTA RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; DISORIENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NAUSEA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPISTHOTONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THETA RHYTHM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0038692211     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(03)00031-2     Document Type: Article

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