title: [Neonatal seizures caused by lamotrigin withdrawal?].
abstract: We report about a 3-day-old full-term newborn who suffered from series of tonic-clonic and myoclonic seizures. His mother was treated with lamotrigin for epilepsy. It is worthy of note that the drug level of the neonate had already decreas-ed to 37% of the basic level of his mother. At the same time, there was a catabolic metabolic situation and a mild hyponatriaemia. We believe that the neonatal seizures were caused by lamotrigin withdrawal.
authors.affiliation: Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke, Klinik für Kinderheilkunde und Jugendmedizin, Herdecke, Germany. s.vieker@gemeinschaftskrankenhaus.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vieker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thiel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Längler