Seizures after desipramine in nine years old girl with ADHD syndrome

Piotr Gorczyca; Agnieszka Kapinos-Gorczyca; Janusz Kwieciński; Krystyna Pierzchała; Robert T. Hese; Ryszard Brus

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Seizures after desipramine in nine years old girl with ADHD syndrome

Piotr Gorczyca ¹

Agnieszka Kapinos-Gorczyca ¹

Janusz Kwieciński ²

Krystyna Pierzchała ²

Robert T. Hese ¹

Ryszard Brus ^3,4

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Department Psychiatry, Tarnowskie Góry

Department Neurology

Department Pharmacology, Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia

High School of Strategic Planning, Dąbrowa Górnicza

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Ryszard Brus

M.D., Ph.D., Professor Department of Pharmacology Medical University of Silesia 38 H. Jordana Street 41-808 Zabrze Poland

Ann. Acad. Med. Siles. 2010;64:91-93

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The case of seizures in nine year old girl treated with desipramine (40 mg daily) for half year because of ADHD syndrome was presented.

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