Two cases of painful gynecomastia and lower extremity pain in association with pregabalin therapy

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1576-1579

  Málaga, Ignacio ^a,b   Sanmarti, Francesc X ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioSant Joan de Déu Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adverse reaction; Antiepileptic drug; Epilepsy; Gynecomastia; Pain; Pregabalin

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; AMIODARONE; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CIMETIDINE; CLOBAZAM; CYPROTERONE; ETIRACETAM; FLUTAMIDE; GABAPENTIN; HORMONE; ISONIAZID; KETOCONAZOLE; LAMOTRIGINE; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PENICILLAMINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RANITIDINE; TOPIRAMATE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEG PAIN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EDEMA; EPILEPSY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMANS; ILIUM; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN;

EID: 33748681171     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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