Gabapentin as a rescue drug in D-penicillamine-induced status dystonicus in patients with Wilson disease

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 761-763

  Paliwal, Vimal K ^a   Gupta, Pankaj K ^a   Pradhan, Sunil ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

D penicillamine; gabapentin; Status dystonicus; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; LEVODOPA; MIDAZOLAM; PENICILLAMINE; TETRABENAZINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; STATUS DYSTONICUS; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WILSON DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIDOTES; CHILD; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLAMINE;

EID: 78149395468     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.72184     Document Type: Article

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