Marijuana intoxication presenting as seizure - Comment

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-

  Tilelli, John A ^a   Spack, Lawrence D ^a  

^a ARNOLD PALMER HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; CATECHOLAMINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COCAINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; EPHEDRINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PHENCYCLIDINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SALICYLIC ACID; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LETTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEDATION; SEIZURE;

CANNABIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PLANT POISONING; SEIZURES;

EID: 33644842717     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000204831.96139.52     Document Type: Letter

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