Levetiracetam accumulation in renal failure causing myoclonic encephalopathy with triphasic waves
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Levetiracetam accumulation in renal failure causing myoclonic encephalopathy with triphasic waves
Triphasic waves are seen in the electro-encephalogram of adult patients with toxic-metabolic encephalopathies of various origins. Levetiracetam is a broad spectrum anti-epileptic drug with renal elimination and no hepatic metabolism. We describe the case of encephalopathy with triphasic waves concomitant with levetiracetam accumulation in a patient with chronic renal failure. The condition was ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.01.006