Baclofen-induced neurotoxicity in chronic renal failure patients with intractable hiccups [5]

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1308-1309

  Chou, Chu Lin ^a   Chen, Chiou An ^a   Lin, Shih Hua ^a   Huang, Hsin Hung ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; BACLOFEN; FAMOTIDINE; GLIMEPIRIDE;

AGED; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PARESIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

AGED; BACLOFEN; COMORBIDITY; GABA AGONISTS; HICCUP; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES;

EID: 33845336459     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000247632.84949.27     Document Type: Letter

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