Serotonin syndrome while switching antidepressants

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 372-

  Kumar, Anil ^a   Shah, Ruchita ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; GLUCOSE; METFORMIN; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANXIETY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LETTER; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PULSE RATE; RECURRENT DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; REMISSION; RIGIDITY; SEROTONIN SYNDROME; SWEATING; TREMOR;

EID: 84863018778     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.91915     Document Type: Letter

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