Kleptomania treated with tolcapone, a catechol-O-methyl-transferase (COMT) inhibitor

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 295-296

  Grant, Jon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE PLUS NALTREXONE; CITALOPRAM; NALTREXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE PLUS TOPIRAMATE; TOLCAPONE; TOPIRAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEPTOMANIA; LETTER; MAJOR DEPRESSION; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; THEFT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BENZOPHENONES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPHENOLS;

EID: 78650944918     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.11.003     Document Type: Letter

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