Pregabalin-withdrawal encephalopathy and splenial edema [1]

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 214-

  Prilipko, Olga ^a   Delavelle, Jaqueline ^a   Seeck, Margitta ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PREGABALIN;

AGED; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 29944437872     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20756     Document Type: Letter

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