Dystonia and Cocaine Withdrawal
Abstract
An acute dystonic episode in a 15-year-old girl during cocaine withdrawal is reported from the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y. After 16 hours of observation in the hospital without receiving any drugs, she developed generalized dystonia, torticollis, extensor posturing, and high-pitched vocalizations.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-3-9-5 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482
Language: English
Page range: 67 - 67
Published on: Sep 1, 1989
Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1989 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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