Acute extrapyramidal syndrome induced by escitalopram: A case report

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3813-3814

  Nimber, Jagtar Singh ^a   Aggarwal, Ashish ^a  

^a Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CLONAZEPAM; ESCITALOPRAM; PROMETHAZINE; CITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSARTHRIA; EVENING DOSAGE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LETTER; MOOD CHANGE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCULOGYRIC CRISIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CITALOPRAM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84906935255     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3677-0     Document Type: Letter

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