Beneficial effects of diphenhydramine in dystonia

Medicina

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-42

  Grañana, Nora ^a   Ferrea, Monica ^a   Scorticati, Maria Clara ^d   Diaz, Sergio ^a   Arrebola, Marisa ^b   Torres, Luis ^c   Micheli, Federico ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL ESPAÑOL   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Diphenhydramine; Dystonia

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0344573023     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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