Acute reversible dyskinesia induced by mirtazapine [4]

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 771-

  Konitsiotis, Spiros ^a   Pappa, Sofia ^a   Mantas, Christos ^a   Mavreas, Venos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; MIRTAZAPINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MIANSERIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSKINESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; MIANSERIN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 22944435509     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20432     Document Type: Letter

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