Tramadol induced seizure: Report of 106 patients

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-51

  Petramfar, P ^a   Borhani Haghighi, Afshin ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abuse; Iran; Seizure; Tramadol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 73849119644     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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