title: Postconvulsivant hyperammonaemia (author's transl).
abstract: The blood ammonia levels were estimated in 42 children with convulsions (grand mal). The levels were elevated within 3 hours after the seizure without exception (23 children). 4 to 8 hours after the seizure the levels were found near the upper norm range (6 children). The levels returned to normal 24 hours after the seizure (13 children).
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000641:Ammonia / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000641:Ammonia
vernacular_title: Postkonvulsive Hyperammonämie