Accidental ingestion of Ecstasy by a toddler: Unusual cause for convulsion in a febrile child

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-184

  Cooper, A J ^a   Egleston, C V ^b  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidental ingestion; Ecstasy; Toddler

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEGLUTITION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; SEIZURES; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030922190     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.14.3.183     Document Type: Article

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