Carbamazepine
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Reactions 1468, p13 - 7 Sep 2013 S Carbamazepine Encephalopathy: case report A 39-year-old woman developed encephalopathy during treatment with carbamazepine. The woman had temporal lobe epilepsy, which was being treated with carbamazepine [dosage and route not stated]. She became pregnant, and her epilepsy continued to be controlled with carbamazepine. She had an uneventful pregnancy. However, she developed higher mental dysfunction immediately after delivery [duration of treatment to reaction onset not stated]. Diffuse slowing was seen on her EEG with minimal changes on stimulations. The woman started to improve and normalised 5 days after giving birth. Of note, she had experienced a similar presentation after her prior delivery. Author comment: "Carbamazepine was the most likely cause of the transient encephalopathy." Zaidan R. Reversible post partum carbamazepine induced encephalopathy. Epilepsia 54 (Suppl. S3): 247 abstr. P784, Jun 2013. Available from: URL: http:// dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.12229 [abstract] - Saudi Arabia 803092466 1 Reactions 7 Sep 2013 No. 1468 0114-9954/13/1468-0001/$14.95 Adis © 2013 Springer International Publishing AG. All rights reserved
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Reactions 1468, p13 - 7 Sep 2013
SCarbamazepine
Encephalopathy: case reportA 39-year-old woman developed encephalopathy during
treatment with carbamazepine. The woman had temporal lobeepilepsy, which was being treated with carbamazepine[dosage and route not stated]. She became pregnant, and herepilepsy continued to be controlled with carbamazepine. Shehad an uneventful pregnancy. However, she developed highermental dysfunction immediately after delivery [duration oftreatment to reaction onset not stated]. Diffuse slowing wasseen on her EEG with minimal changes on stimulations. Thewoman started to improve and normalised 5 days after givingbirth. Of note, she had experienced a similar presentation afterher prior delivery.
Author comment: "Carbamazepine was the most likelycause of the transient encephalopathy."Zaidan R. Reversible post partum carbamazepine induced encephalopathy.Epilepsia 54 (Suppl. S3): 247 abstr. P784, Jun 2013. Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.12229 [abstract] - Saudi Arabia 803092466
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