Ciprofloxacin-induced palatal tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1038-1043

  Cheung, Yuk Fai ^a   Wong, Winnie Wing Yin ^a   Tang, Kwok Wing ^a   Chan, John Hiu Ming ^a   Li, Patrick Chung Ki ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Ciprofloxacin; Fluoroquinolone; Palatal myoclonus; Palatal tremor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; AMPICILLIN; CARVEDILOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; FUROSEMIDE; IRBESARTAN; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALATAL TREMOR; PALATE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TREMOR; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PALATE, SOFT; REVIEW LITERATURE; TREMOR;

EID: 34347233483     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21452     Document Type: Article

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