Hyponatremia-induced seizure during carbamazepine treatment

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-53

  Holtschmidt Täschner, Bettina ^a   Soyka, Michael ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Carbamazepine; Hyponatremia; Oxcarbazepine RAUS; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BROMAZEPAM; CALCIUM; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORINE; CREATININE; DIAZEPAM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELIRIUM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGORAPHOBIA; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BROMAZEPAM; CARBAMAZEPINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33847147083     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15622970600960157     Document Type: Article

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