The emergence of tics during escitalopram and sertraline treatment

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-178

  Altindag, Abdurrahman ^a,b   Yanik, Medaim ^a   Asoglu, Mehmet ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Escitalopram; Serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Sertraline; Tic

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ESCITALOPRAM; HALOPERIDOL; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CITALOPRAM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; TICS;

EID: 17644414467     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004850-200505000-00010     Document Type: Article

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