Lamotrigine poisoning presenting as seizures: A case of deliberate poisoning

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-88

  Willis, T ^a   Roper, H ^b   Rabb, L ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deliberate poisoning; Factitious illness; Lamotrigine; Munchausen by Proxy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; PARALDEHYDE; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TOXICOLOGY; VOMITING;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT READMISSION; POISONING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TRIAZINES;

EID: 33846348352     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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