Treatment of periodic catatonia with atypical antipsychotic, olanzapine

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 482-

  Guzman, Carlos Simon ^a,b   Myung, Viviane Hyun Mi ^a   Wang, Yuan Pang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Parque Continental   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; OLANZAPINE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MUTISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; REMISSION; STUPOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CATATONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 48549085951     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01819.x     Document Type: Letter

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