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Many admissions to the emergency departments with recurrent syncope attacks and seizures in an adolescent boy

Authors: Samim Ozen, Eylem Ulas Saz, Ahmet Celik, Ahmet Aydin, Damla Goksen Simsek, Sukran Darcan

Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 6/2009

Abstract

A 16-year-old boy presented with tonic-clonic seizure after he woke up early in the morning. He had experienced 5-6 episodes of syncope, fatigue, weakness and somnolence one year before admission. On admission, physicial examination was normal and first line laboratory tests were normal except capillary blood glucose which was 16 mg/dl.

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Title: Many admissions to the emergency departments with recurrent syncope attacks and seizures in an adolescent boy
Authors: Samim Ozen
Eylem Ulas Saz
Ahmet Celik
Ahmet Aydin
Damla Goksen Simsek
Sukran Darcan
Publication date: 01-06-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 6/2009
Print ISSN: 0340-6199
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1076
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-009-0974-4

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