Benzodiazepines in catatonia associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 768-770

  Wang, Hung Yu ^a   Huang, Tiao Lai ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Catatonia; Diazepam; Electroconvulsive therapy; Lorazepam; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CATATONIA; DIAZEPAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GABA MODULATORS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LORAZEPAM; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDNISOLONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750939223     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01595.x     Document Type: Article

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