Lamotrigine intoxication provoking status epilepticus in an adult with localization-related epilepsy

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1344-1346

  Dinnerstein, Eric ^a,b   Jobst, Barbara C ^a   Williamson, Peter D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Maine Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; MOTOR CORTEX; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TRIAZINES;

EID: 34548627929     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.64.9.1344     Document Type: Article

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