Propranolol Treatment for Neuroleptic-Induced Akathisia
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Treatment of Akathisia by Propranolol
A condition of motor restlessness ranging from a feeling of inner disquiet to inability to sit or lie quietly or to sleep.Called also acathisia, akithisia, and Kathisiophobia (1). The term ''Akathisia" was created by Haskovec in 1901. Haase first applied the term (1955) to the inability to sit still and to the other irritative hyperkinetic symptoms that are sometimes seen as a complication of ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Primary Care Companion to The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1523-5998
DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v07n0412b