Amantadine treatment following traumatic brain injury in children

Brain Injury

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 885-889

  Williams, Sharon E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amandatine; Children; Head injury; Psychopharmacology

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; BROMOCRIPTINE; LEVODOPA; METHYLPHENIDATE; PRAMIPEXOLE;

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONSTIPATION; DELUSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

EID: 34548363725     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050701553213     Document Type: Review

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