Tolerability of quetiapine in children and adolescents with Tourette's syndrome

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-178

  Copur, M ^a   Hergüner, Sabri ^a   Arpaci, B ^a  

^a Bakirköy Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUETIAPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCREASED APPETITE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; QT INTERVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TIC; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHILD; DIBENZOTHIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 78751681418     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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