ACUTE-PSYCHOSIS AFTER MEFLOQUINE - A CASE-REPORT

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作者：
SOWUNMI, A
机构：
[1] UNIV IBADAN, DEPT PHARMACOL & THERAPEUT, IBADAN, NIGERIA
[2] UNIV IBADAN, POSTGRAD INST MED RES & TRAINING, IBADAN, NIGERIA
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EAST AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL | 1994年 / 71卷 / 12期
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
A self-limiting psychosis characterized by visual and auditory hallucinations and isomnia occurred in a 17-year old male after mefloquine administration for presumed chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria. The attending physician failed to recognise the association between mefloquine and psychosis.
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