Punding in patients on dopamine agonists for restless leg syndrome

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 140-141

  Evans, Andrew H ^a   Stegeman, James R ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b North West Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CABERGOLINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GABAPENTIN; PERGOLIDE; ROPINIROLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPULSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSEXUALITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

AGED; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INDOLES; MIDDLE AGED; PERGOLIDE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 61449263713     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22309     Document Type: Article

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