Phenytoin toxicity presenting as acute meningo-encephalitis in children

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-67

  Gupta, Vijay ^a   Yadav, Tribhuvan P ^a   Yadav, Anita ^a  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Children; meningo encephalitis; phenytoin toxicity

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; PHENYTOIN;

EID: 79952323312     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.76862     Document Type: Article

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