Chorea due to gabapentin monotherapyin a not encephalopatic patient

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-

  Twardowschy, Carlos Alexandre ^a,b   Teive, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni ^a   Fernandes, Artur Furlaneto ^a   Búrigo, Ismael Paulo ^a   Lange, Marcos ^a   Werneck, Lineu César ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GABAPENTIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW BACK PAIN; MICROANGIOPATHY; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; WHITE MATTER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER;

AGED; AMINES; ANALGESICS; CHOREA; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 42049087871     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000100029     Document Type: Article

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