Hallucinations and tremors due to oral therapeutic doses of erythromycin and methylprednisolone

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-285

  Gallerani, Massimo ^a   Boari, Benedetta ^a  

^a S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREMOR;

ERYTHROMYCIN; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; TREMOR;

EID: 49649121830     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-008-0126-2     Document Type: Letter

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