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  • Title: [Suspected convulsive side-effect of mefloquine (Lariam)].
    Author: Besser R, Krämer G.
    Journal: Nervenarzt; 1991 Dec; 62(12):760-1. PubMed ID: 1795756.
    Abstract:
    A 20 years old female patient with epileptic seizures (bilateral myoclonus and generalized tonic-clonic seizures (bilateral myoclonus and generalized tonic-clonic seizures) since the age of 13 was treated with valproic acid. Eight hours after 2 of 3 prophylactic antimalarial treatments with mefloquine generalized tonic-clonic seizures occurred. A causal relationship is suggested.
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