Segmental Hair Testing of Triazolam to Unmask a Suspected Case of Idiopathic Recurrent Stupor | Zendy

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Segmental Hair Testing of Triazolam to Unmask a Suspected Case of Idiopathic Recurrent Stupor

Author(s) -

Emanuela Postiglione,

Elena Antelmi,

Monica Moresco,

Simona Pichini,

Fabio Pizza,

Giuseppe Plazzi,

Francesco Paolo Busardò

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of clinical sleep medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1550-9397

pISSN - 1550-9389

DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.7078

Subject(s) - medicine , humanities , library science , art , computer science

Stupor is a diagnostic challenge at emergency department. Differential diagnosis includes idiopathic recurrent stupor, formerly attributed to "endozepine-4" accumulation. This condition has been recently questioned because many suspected cases resulted in exogenous benzodiazepine intake that eludes the conventional toxicological assay. In case of unexplained recurrent stupor, to extend the benzodiazepine search in nonconventional matrices can allow unmasking of hidden toxic behavior.

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