Non-convulsive status epilepticus and consciousness disturbance after star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) ingestion in a dialysis patient

Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 362-365

  Chang, Chung Hsin ^a   Yeh, Jiann Horng ^a  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Consciousness disturbance; Dialysis; Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola); Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FRUIT; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INGESTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COMA; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOOD POISONING; FRUIT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 12244251460     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2004.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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