Diagnosis and management of pathological laughter and crying

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1482-1486

  Parvizi, Josef ^a,j   Arciniegas, David B ^b   Bernardini, Gary L ^c   Hoffmann, Michael W ^d   Mohr, Jay P ^e   Rapoport, Mark J ^f   Schmahmann, Jeremy D ^g   Silver, Jonathan M ^h   Tuhrim, Stanley ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AVP 923; CITALOPRAM; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DEXTROMETHORPHAN PLUS QUINIDINE; FLUOXETINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PLACEBO; QUINIDINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGICAL CRYING; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 33750589312     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.11.1482     Document Type: Review

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