Avoidable adverse event: Carbamazepine encephalopathy when introducing clarithromycine [3];Iatrogénie évitable: Encéphalopathie à la carbamazépine lors de l'introduction de la clarithromycine

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 835-836

  Leclercq, V ^a   Lacaille, S ^b   Delpierre, S ^b   Karoubi, E ^b   Legrain, S ^b  

^a Paris 5 Descartes University EA 2496 U F R of Odontology   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Adverse drug event; Drug interactions; Elderly

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLARITHROMYCIN;

BRAIN DISEASE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER TOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASES; BRONCHITIS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26844543553     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2005.05.014     Document Type: Letter

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