Letter to the editor-Bath salts-induced psychosis: A case report

Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 10-16

  Mangewala, Vikas ^a   Sarwar, Sajjad R ^a   Shah, Kavit ^a   Singh, Tanvir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATH SALT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; LORAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PARANOIA; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 84875316743     PISSN: 21588333     EISSN: 21588341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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