title: [Sulfasalazine neurotoxicity].
abstract: We report a case of seizures with acute encephalopathy in a female patient under sulfasalazine treatment for polyarthritis. Neurotoxicity secondary to sulfasalazine was suspected. This side effect has seldom been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne 2 (Pr Rouveix), Hôpital Ambroise-Paré, 9, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, 92104 Boulogne Cedex. marie-laurie.chadenat@apr.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chadenat
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morelon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dupont
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dechy
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Raffin-Sanson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dorra
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rouveix
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D012460:Sulfasalazine