Nonepileptic hallucinations in use of levetiracetam [2]

Psychosomatics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 548-549

  Evcimen, Harun ^a   Kushon, Donald ^a   Jenssen, Sigmund ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PANIC; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 35948929839     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.48.6.548-a     Document Type: Letter

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