Catatonia in patients with autism: Prevalence and management

CNS Drugs

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 205-215

  Mazzone, Luigi ^a   Postorino, Valentina ^a   Valeri, Giovanni ^a   Vicari, Stefano ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOZAPINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPULSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOLALIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STEREOTYPY; ANIMAL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CATATONIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84896724892     PISSN: 11727047     EISSN: 11791934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40263-014-0143-9     Document Type: Article

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