Dose-independent occurrence of seizure with tramadol

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-67

  Talaie, Haleh ^a   Panahandeh, Reyhaneh ^a   Fayaznouri, Mohammad Reza ^b   Asadi, Zahra ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Seizure; Toxicity; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

TRAMADOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG USE; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAMADOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651183925     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161089     Document Type: Article

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