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Camphor poisoning: An unusual cause of seizure in children

Camphor is a pleasant-smelling cyclic ketone with propensity to cause neurologic side-effect, especially seizures. We report a case of 1½-year-old child who after inadvertent consumption of camphor, experienced an episode of generalized tonic clonic seizure. This case highlights the importance of en...

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Autores principales: Patra, Chaitali, Sarkar, Shatanik, Dasgupta, Malay Kumar, Das, Amit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4395957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878755
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.154363