Dexamethasone-induced withdrawal seizure

Dexamethasone-induced withdrawal seizure, which is a very rare and uncommon event, occurred after discontinuation of steroid therapy that was taken to increase weight by the patient. The pathogenesis is not well understood. In this submission, we have highlighted the fact that withdrawal of steroid...

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Autores principales: Mahar, Santwana, Malhotra, Mahima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25969660
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.155490
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description Dexamethasone-induced withdrawal seizure, which is a very rare and uncommon event, occurred after discontinuation of steroid therapy that was taken to increase weight by the patient. The pathogenesis is not well understood. In this submission, we have highlighted the fact that withdrawal of steroid has a propensity to cause seizure as a rare withdrawal phenomenon.
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spelling pubmed-44192412015-05-12 Dexamethasone-induced withdrawal seizure Mahar, Santwana Malhotra, Mahima J Pharmacol Pharmacother Case Report Dexamethasone-induced withdrawal seizure, which is a very rare and uncommon event, occurred after discontinuation of steroid therapy that was taken to increase weight by the patient. The pathogenesis is not well understood. In this submission, we have highlighted the fact that withdrawal of steroid has a propensity to cause seizure as a rare withdrawal phenomenon. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4419241/ /pubmed/25969660 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.155490 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419241/
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