Repeated use of subcutaneous levetiracetam in a palliative care patient

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  López Saca, José Mario ^a   Vaquero, Jesús ^a   Larumbe, Ana ^a   Urdíroz, Juli ^a   Centeno, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGED; AGGRESSION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PAIN; PHLEBITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEIZURE;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PIRACETAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877579430     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.01.006     Document Type: Letter

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