Ataxia caused by amiodarone in older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-348

  Hindle, Jonh V ^a   Ibrahim, Amin ^a   Ramaraj, Radhakrishnan ^a  

^a Llandudno LL30 1LB   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Ataxia; Elderly; Neuropathy; Side effects

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; BUMETANIDE; THYROXINE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NYSTAGMUS; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATAXIA; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 43149121329     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn063     Document Type: Article

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