Life-threatening theophylline intoxication: A variant of Munchausen syndrome by proxy;Lebensbedrohliche theophyllin-intoxikation im rahmen eines Münchhausen-by-proxy-syndroms

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 86-89

  Föll, Dirk ^a   Debus, O ^a   Schmitt, G M ^a   Harms, E ^a   Zimmer, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypokaliaemia; Munchausen syndrome by proxy; Seizures; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PREMATURITY; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; POISONING; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TACHYCARDIA; THEOPHYLLINE;

EID: 0346221359     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-38503     Document Type: Article

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