Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine intoxication presenting with de novo Status Epilepticus: A case series

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-211

  Li, Jin Mei ^a   Gan, Jing ^b   Zeng, Tian Fang ^a   Sander, Josemir W ^c,d   Zhou, Dong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Etiology; Status epilepticus; Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; MANNITOL; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; RODENTICIDE; TETRAMETHYLENEDISULFOTETRAMINE; THIOPENTAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH LAVAGE; TETRAMETHYLENEDISULFOTETRAMINE INTOXICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; CHILD; CHINA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858004875     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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