Seizures associated with intoxication and abuse of tramadol

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-146

  Jovanović Čupić, Vesna ^a   Martinović, Žarko ^b,c   Nešić, Nada ^a  

^a Neurocenter   (Yugoslavia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Mental Health   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Abuse; Electroencephalogram; Generalized tonic clonic seizures; Intoxication; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

TRAMADOL; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLONIC SEIZURE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; ADDICTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRAMADOL;

EID: 33645971293     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1556365050014418     Document Type: Article

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