Topiramate overdose: A case report of a patient with extremely high topiramate serum concentrations and nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1090-1093

  Brandt, Christian ^a   Elsner, Heike ^b   Füratsch, Nora ^a   Hoppe, Matthias ^a   Nieder, Esther ^a   Rambeck, Bernhard ^c   Ebner, Alois ^a   May, Theodor W ^c  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b Vocational Training Centre   (Germany)

^c Society for Epilepsy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intoxication; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Overdose; Suicide attempt; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; LORAZEPAM; TOPIRAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERDOSE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954651828     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02395.x     Document Type: Article

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