Fatal valproate overdose in a newborn baby

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-456

  Unal, Ekrem ^a   Kaya, Ulkuhan ^a   Aydin, Kursad ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Newborn; Valproate overdose

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN EDEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OVERDOSE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 34447303782     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327107076835     Document Type: Article

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