Acute akathisia with quetiapine: A case report and review of literature

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 416-417

  Shah, Ruchita ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^a   Maheshwari, Uma ^a   Kate, Natasha ^a   Malhotra, Nidhi ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Akathisia; quetiapine; side effects

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; PALIPERIDONE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; AKATHISIA; ARTICLE; BARNES AKATHISIA RATING SCALE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; RATING SCALE; RELAPSE; RESTLESSNESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 78149367336     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.71896     Document Type: Article

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