Epileptic seizure in GHB withdrawal [3]

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 410-411

  Chew, Gerald ^a   Fernando III, Antonio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANXIETY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPSY; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NAUSEA; PARANOIA; PARESTHESIA; SWEATING; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREMOR; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; SODIUM OXYBATE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 12144271362     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2004.02142.x     Document Type: Letter

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