Epileptic seizure induced by fennel essential oil

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-347

  Skalli, Souad ^a   Bencheikh, Rachida Soulaymani ^a  

^a Moroccan Pharmacovigilance Centre   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Essential oil; Fennel; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; FENNEL OIL; LAMOTRIGINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FOENICULUM; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FOENICULUM; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE; SEIZURES; TRIAZINES;

EID: 84856366706     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2011.0451     Document Type: Review

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