Choreiform movements after a single dose of methadone [2]

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 688-691

  Lussier, David ^a   Cruciani, Ricardo A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CLONAZEPAM; ETOPOSIDE; FENTANYL; METHADONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; METHADONE TREATMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0042121299     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(03)00256-2     Document Type: Letter

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