Oculogyric dystonic reaction to escitalopram with features of anaphylaxis including response to epinephrine

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-29

  Patel, Ojas P ^a   Simon, Michael R ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Dystonia; Epinephrine; Escitalopram

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ESCITALOPRAM; HYDROXYZINE; LORAZEPAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHORESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; DYSTONIA; EDEMA; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LIP DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCULOGYRIC CRISIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SLURRED SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SYNCOPE; TONGUE SWELLING;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; CITALOPRAM; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSTONIA; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 33646014452     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091840     Document Type: Article

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