Propranolol-responsive akathisia following acute encephalitis

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-274

  Goyal, Rakesh ^a   Chandrasekaran, R ^a   Nanda, M Rajiv ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Akathisia; Postencephalitic; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL; THIORIDAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESTLESSNESS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROPRANOLOL; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION;

EID: 34247573016     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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