Acute dystonia caused by low dosage of olanzapine [1]

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-

  Alevizos, Basil ^a   Papageorgiou, Charalabos ^a   Christodoulou, George N ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPERIDEN; HALOPERIDOL; OLANZAPINE; ORPHENADRINE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; AKATHISIA; AKINESIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; DYSTONIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; OCULOGYRIC CRISIS; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TONGUE; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0344080470     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.15.2.241     Document Type: Letter

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