Bupropion Induced Serotonin Syndrome: A Case Report

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-171

  Thorpe, Elizabeth L ^a   Pizon, Anthony F ^a   Lynch, Michael J ^a   Boyer, Jessica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bupropion; Pediatrics; Serotonin syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; LORAZEPAM; NAPROXEN; PHYSOSTIGMINE; RADAFAXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONUS; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLUID THERAPY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MYDRIASIS; RESTLESSNESS; RIGIDITY; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; URINALYSIS; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; BUPROPION; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DELIRIUM; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; SEROTONIN SYNDROME;

EID: 77956165598     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-010-0021-x     Document Type: Article

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