Severe hypoglycemic seizures in a child receiving 6-mercaptopurine

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  El Bitar, Mohamad K ^a   Muwakkit, Samar A ^a   Dabbagh, Omar ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

6 mercaptopurine; seizures; severe hypoglycemia

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; GLUCOSE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIET RESTRICTION; EVENING DOSAGE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; METHOTREXATE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SEIZURES; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 79952150951     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3182025507     Document Type: Article

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