Serious psychiatric symptoms after chloroquine treatment following experimental malaria infection

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 551-554

  Telgt, Denise S ^a   Van Der Yen, Andre J ^a   Schimmer, Barbara ^a   Droogleever Fortuyn, Han A ^a   Sauerwein, Robert W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Malaria; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; OXAZEPAM;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DRUG SAFETY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED;

EID: 13944279101     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1E409     Document Type: Article

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