Pisa syndrome resolved after switching to olanzapine [10]

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-203

  Nishimura, Katsuji ^a   Mikami, Yuri ^a   Tsuchibuchi, Seiichi ^b   Horikawa, Naoshi ^c  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Soshu Mental Clinic   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPERIDEN; BROMPERIDOL; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PISA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 34247489676     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2007.19.2.202     Document Type: Letter

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