Lamotrigine poisoning presenting as seizures: a case of deliberate poisoning.
Features of Lamotrigine poisoning are not clearly described in children. We report a child who presented with seizures and bizarre neurological symptoms, later attributed to lamotrigine poisoning.
Willis
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Department of Neurology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Roper
H
H
Rabb
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D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000506:poisoning*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D000077213:Lamotrigine; D008297:Male; D016735:Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000187:drug effects; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection; D014227:Triazines / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000506:poisoning*
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D014227:Triazines; D000077213:Lamotrigine