Tetrabenazine therapy of pediatric hyperkinetic movement disorders

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1966-1972

  Jain, Samay ^a   Greene, Paul E ^b   Frucht, Steven J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperkinetic movement disorders; Pediatric movement disorders; Pharmacotherapy; Tetrabenazine

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BENZATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MORPHINE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; PERGOLIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PIMOZIDE; PREDNISONE; PRIMIDONE; RESERPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; TETRABENAZINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; AKATHISIA; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; HYPERSALIVATION; IRRITABILITY; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; OCULOGYRIC CRISIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERKINESIS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRABENAZINE;

EID: 33845189638     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21063     Document Type: Review

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