Methylphenidate-Induced Seizure, ADHD and Abnormal EEG

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-9-9

Methylphenidate-Induced Seizure, ADHD and Abnormal EEG

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 9

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Sep 2013

Abstract

Investigators from Harvard Medical School, Boston, present the case of a 6-year-old girl with ADHD taking valproic acid for behavioral problems who had a generalized tonic-clonic convulsion shortly after a first dose of methylphenidate.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-9-9 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 71 - 71

Published on: Sep 1, 2013

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Methylphenidate-Induced Seizure,

Abnormal EEG,

Electrographic Seizures

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Volume 27 (2013): Issue 9