Catatonia as a presenting feature of alcohol withdrawal: A case report [1]

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 465-

  Muralidharan, Kesavan ^a   Rajkumar, Ravi Philip ^a   Rao, Sreenath Ananthapadmanabha ^a   Benegal, Vivek ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DISULFIRAM; LORAZEPAM; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL PSYCHOSIS; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 37249083911     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v09n0611a     Document Type: Letter

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