Cefuroxime-induced encephalopathy

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1873-1875

  Herishanu, Y O ^a   Zlotnik, M ^a   Mostoslavsky, M ^a   Podgaietski, M ^a   Frisher, S ^a   Wirguin, I ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FLAPPING TREMOR; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUPOR;

EID: 0031778706     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.6.1873     Document Type: Article

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