Seizures secondary to lamotrigine toxicity in a two-year-old

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1112-1115

  Close, Benjamin R ^a   Banks, Colin J ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lamotrigine; Overdose; Pediatrics; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; ELEVIT; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; MULTIVITAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD; DROWSINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; IRRITABILITY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 77952948434     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1M617     Document Type: Article

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