Probable psychosis associated with levetiracetam: A case report

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 274-275

  Aggarwal, Ashish ^a   Sharma, Dinesh D ^a   Sharma, Ravi C ^a   Kumar, Ramesh ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; LORAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; AGITATION; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIOLENCE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HUMANS; MALE; PIRACETAM; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650942223     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.09.007     Document Type: Letter

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