Pregabalin: A new approach to treatment of the dysautonomic crisis

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 743-746

  Axelrod, Felicia B ^a,b   Berlin, Dena ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial dysautonomia; Treatment; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUDROCORTISONE; PREGABALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSAUTONOMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DYSAUTONOMIA, FAMILIAL; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749129194     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3318     Document Type: Article

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