Withdrawal delirium with dance drug 'liquid ecstasy' (GHB)

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-75

  Garvey, Ruth ^a   Fitzmaurice, Brian ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; THIAMINE; VALPROIC ACID; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MALE; PARANOIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREMOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 4544354642     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S079096670000834X     Document Type: Article

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