A Toddler with Recurrent Episodes of Unresponsiveness

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 195-197

  Osterhoudt, Kevin C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Munchausen syndrome by proxy; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; ATAXIA; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MOTHERS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; RECURRENCE;

EID: 1642279374     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000117933.65522.da     Document Type: Article

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