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Journal of Neurology
Published in: Journal of Neurology 7/2009

01-07-2009 | Letter to the Editors

A girl with headache, confusion and green urine

Authors: Andreas Hufschmidt, Alexandra Krisch, I. Peschen

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 7/2009

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Abstract

The case of a 17-year-old girl with a history of headache, blurred vision, confusion, ataxia and syncope is presented. On admission, she had already recovered except for a slurring of speech. Her urine was found to be green. Screening for illegal drugs was negative, but gas chromatography with subsequent mass spectroscopy (GC–MS) revealed an extremely high concentration of flupirtine.
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Metadata
Title
A girl with headache, confusion and green urine
Authors
Andreas Hufschmidt
Alexandra Krisch
I. Peschen
Publication date
01-07-2009
Publisher
D. Steinkopff-Verlag
Published in
Journal of Neurology / Issue 7/2009
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5061-2

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