Modafinil-associated vivid visual hallucination in a patient with kleine-levin syndrome: Case report

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-350

  Hsieh, Cheng Fang ^a,b,c   Lai, Chiou Lian ^a,c   Lan, Sheng Hsing ^a   Liu, Ching Kuan ^a,c   Hsu, Chung Yao ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Pingtung Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL;

ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; APNEA; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; LETTER; MORNING DOSAGE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THETA RHYTHM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME;

EID: 77952344862     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e3181debcd9     Document Type: Letter

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