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Seizures Attributable to Environmental Toxins

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Seizures induced by toxins most often present as generalized tonic-clonic convulsions of acute onset, either recurrent frequent seizures or consisting of status epilepticus. However, in some circumstances, poisons and toxins can induce partial seizures of different types, including complex partial status, which may be difficult to identify promptly (1–4).

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  • Status Epilepticus
  • Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
  • Kainic Acid
  • Domoic Acid
  • Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning

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Cendes, F. (2002). Seizures Attributable to Environmental Toxins. In: Delanty, N. (eds) Seizures. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-094-0_12

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