Amphetamine-associated seizures: Clinical features and prognosis

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-404

  Brown, J William L ^a,b   Dunne, John W ^b   Fatovic, Daniel M ^b,c   Lee, Judy ^b   Lawn, Nicholas D ^b  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; MDMA; Mechanism; Recurrence; Seizure

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; STREET DRUGS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951666292     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02924.x     Document Type: Article

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