Hereditary neuropathy unmasked by levofloxacin

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1312-1313

  Panas, Marios ^a   Karadima, Georgia ^a   Kalfakis, Nikolaos ^a   Vassilopoulos, Dimitris ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING NEUROPATHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIMB PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TENDON REFLEX; VIBRATION SENSE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OFLOXACIN; PAIN; PROSTATITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80053998601     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1P786     Document Type: Letter

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