Delayed akinetic catatonic mutism following methadone overdose

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 762-764

  Gheuens, Sarah ^a,b   Michotte, Alex ^a   Flamez, Anja ^a   De Keyser, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Akinetic catatonic mutism; Delayed leukoencephalopathy; Methadone; Toxic spongiform leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; LACTIC ACID; METHADONE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELAYED AKINETIC CATATONIC MUTISM; DETERIORATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TOXIC SPONGIFORM LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; TOXICITY TESTING; WHITE MATTER;

AKINETIC MUTISM; CATATONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; METHADONE; OVERDOSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049466852     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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