Epileptic status refractory to conventional treatment caused by vitamin B6 deficiency.
Epileptic seizures due to pyridoxine deficiency, although rare, are known to occur. They are characterized by untreatable convulsions during childhood. We present the case of an epileptic status resistant to conventional treatment in a 29-year-old woman, with no previous history of epileptic seizures, in the 29th week of pregnancy, who responded to the intravenous administration of pyridoxine.
Valle-Morales
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Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital Universitario Materno Infantil de Canarias, Las Palmas, Spain. leonorvalle@yahoo.es
Cortés-Cros
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Santana
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Barber
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M
Figueras
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García-Hernández
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D011247:Pregnancy; D011736:Pyridoxine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D026681:Vitamin B 6 Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000008:administration & dosage
D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D011736:Pyridoxine