Prolonged QTc interval in a 14-year-old girl with escitalopram overdose

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-298

  Scharko, Alexander M ^a   Schumacher, Jeremy ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; DRUG METABOLITE; ESCITALOPRAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; CITALOPRAM;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROLONGED QTC INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INTOXICATION; LONG QT SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; CITALOPRAM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; OVERDOSE;

EID: 58149204333     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2007.0147     Document Type: Letter

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