Drug hoarding: A case of atypical dopamine dysregulation syndrome in a RLS patient

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 627-628

  Salas, Rachel E ^a   Allen, Richard P ^a   Earley, Christopher J ^a   Gamaldo, Charlene E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; LEVODOPA; METHADONE; DOPAMINE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPULSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG HOARDING; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LETTER; MYOCLONUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SITTING; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 67651174484     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22443     Document Type: Letter

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