Management of autism spectrum disorders in primary care

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-49

  Myers, Scott M ^a,b,c  

^a GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ARIPIPRAZOLE; ATOMOXETINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLONIDINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE; ESCITALOPRAM; ETIRACETAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; GUANFACINE; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIXED AMPHETAMINE SALT; OLANZAPINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PAROXETINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; TOPIRAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM; VALPROIC ACID; ZIPRASIDONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGITATION; AKATHISIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; APATHY; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; COORDINATION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DYSPHORIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOMANIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; INSOMNIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRRITABILITY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MANIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; NYSTAGMUS; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QT PROLONGATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOMNOLENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIC; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREMOR; URINARY FREQUENCY; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY;

EID: 63049090945     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00904481-20090101-08     Document Type: Article

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