Delirium as a symptom of quetiapine poisoning

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 781-

  Alexander, Jacob ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONFUSION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISORIENTATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; RESTLESSNESS; SEDATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELIRIUM; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549094483     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670903001950     Document Type: Letter

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