Beware of neurotoxins in common plants: water hemlock poisoning presenting as convulsive status epilepticus - Arsenova R, Prager C, Becker LL, Scholtis S, Methling M, Kaindl AM.

BACKGROUND: Pediatric status epilepticus occurs in about 44/100.000 children per year with an unknown cause in about a third of patients. One cause can be the ingestion of plants containing toxins that target the central nervous system. Here we describe an...
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