Response to diazepam in children with malaria-induced seizures.
Malaria infection reduces the binding capacity of benzodiazepine receptors in mice. We studied the efficacy of diazepam terminating seizures in children with falciparum malaria. Diazepam stopped seizures in fewer patients with malaria parasitaemia (chi(2)=3.93, P=0.047) and those with clinical diagn...
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| Materyal Türü: | Journal article |
| Dil: | English |
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2008
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