Fluid Retention and Cardiomegaly Associated with Carbamazepine in an Epileptic Child.
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Fluid retention and cardiomegaly associated with carbamazepine in an epileptic child.
Carbamazepine (CBZ) has been reported to have an antidiuretic action, though it is not known how it produces this effect. This is a well recognized complication of CBZ therapy in adults. However this syndrome has been rarely observed in childhood. We present an epileptic child with fluid overload due to CBZ treatment who was referred with chest pain and cardiomegaly. Our patient developed fluid...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Heart Journal
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0021-4868,1348-673X
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.34.239