Prolonged toxicity after massive olanzapine overdose: Two cases with confirmatory laboratory data

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-365

  Tse, George H ^a   Warner, Maria H ^a   Waring, W Stephen ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coma; Drug effect; Olanzapine; Overdose; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; DIAZEPAM; LITHIUM; OLANZAPINE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMA; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; TOXICITY;

EID: 48849110812     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.33.363     Document Type: Article

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