Convulsions in users of anabolic androgenic steroids: Possible explanations

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 723-725

  Petersson, Anna ^a   Garle, Mats ^b   Granath, Fredrik ^c   Thiblin, Ingemar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; METHADONE; NANDROLONE; STANOZOLOL; ZOLPIDEM; ANABOLIC AGENT;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOPSY; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONVULSION; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SKIN INFECTION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EPILEPTIC STATE; FATALITY;

ADULT; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANDROGENS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 39649118449     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e31815a883c     Document Type: Letter

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