Clonidine: Diverse Use in Pharmacologic Management

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-108

  Dowben, Jonathan S ^a   Grant, Joan S ^b   Keltner, Norman L ^b  

^a CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 agonists; Clonidine

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953010663     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2011.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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