Ginkgotoxin Induced Seizure Caused by Vitamin B6 Deficiency

Although ginkgo is commonly used as an alternative treatment for memory loss, Alzheimer’s dementia and peripheral circulatory disturbances, it is also known to cause neuronal symptoms due to ginkgotoxin (4′-methoxypyridoxine or B6 antivitamin). We experienced a case of a 51-year-old female patient w...

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Autores principales: Jang, Hyun-soon, Roh, Sook Young, Jeong, Eun Hye, Kim, Byung-Su, Sunwoo, Mun Kyung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Epilepsy Society 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4724850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26819944
http://dx.doi.org/10.14581/jer.15018
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author Jang, Hyun-soon
Roh, Sook Young
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Kim, Byung-Su
Sunwoo, Mun Kyung
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description Although ginkgo is commonly used as an alternative treatment for memory loss, Alzheimer’s dementia and peripheral circulatory disturbances, it is also known to cause neuronal symptoms due to ginkgotoxin (4′-methoxypyridoxine or B6 antivitamin). We experienced a case of a 51-year-old female patient with generalized tonic clonic seizure and postictal confusion after eating large amounts of ginkgo nuts. Blood vitamin B6 level was decreased. After conservative treatment and pyridoxine medication, her mental symptoms were resolved completely and no seizures recurred.
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spelling pubmed-47248502016-01-27 Ginkgotoxin Induced Seizure Caused by Vitamin B6 Deficiency Jang, Hyun-soon Roh, Sook Young Jeong, Eun Hye Kim, Byung-Su Sunwoo, Mun Kyung J Epilepsy Res Case Report Although ginkgo is commonly used as an alternative treatment for memory loss, Alzheimer’s dementia and peripheral circulatory disturbances, it is also known to cause neuronal symptoms due to ginkgotoxin (4′-methoxypyridoxine or B6 antivitamin). We experienced a case of a 51-year-old female patient with generalized tonic clonic seizure and postictal confusion after eating large amounts of ginkgo nuts. Blood vitamin B6 level was decreased. After conservative treatment and pyridoxine medication, her mental symptoms were resolved completely and no seizures recurred. Korean Epilepsy Society 2015-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4724850/ /pubmed/26819944 http://dx.doi.org/10.14581/jer.15018 Text en Copyright © 2015 Korean Epilepsy Society This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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