Gabapentin overdose in a military beneficiary

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schauer, Steven G ^a   Varney, Shawn M ^a  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GABAPENTIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SOLDIER;

AMINES; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL;

EID: 84875477590     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00301     Document Type: Article

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