Acute psychosis due to treatment with phenytoin in a nonepileptic patient

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 771-772

  Gatzonis, S D ^a   Angelopoulos, E ^a   Sarigiannis, P ^a   Mantouvalos, V ^a   Ploumbidis, D ^a   Siafakas, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Antiepileptics; Phenytoin; Psychosis; Side effects

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN; THIORIDAZINE;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

EID: 0346787770     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.07.015     Document Type: Article

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