Lamotrigine overdose in a child

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 642-644

  Daana, Muhannad ^a   Nevo, Yoram ^a   Tenenbaum, Ariel ^a   Taustein, Illana ^a   Berger, Itai ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lamotrigine overdose; Medication error

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICATION ERROR; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VOMITING;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; TRIAZINES;

EID: 34250773494     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807302600     Document Type: Article

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