Bupropion, a brief history of seizure risk

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-217

  Tripp, Adam C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG OVERDOSE; ECG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; PRESCRIPTION; SEIZURE; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BULIMIA NERVOSA; BUPROPION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG MONITORING; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77950690270     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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