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Cobalamin deficiency triggering de novo status epilepticus
Author(s) -
Anastogiannis Haralabos,
Karanasios Panagiotis,
Makridou Alexandra,
Makris Nicolaos,
Argyriou Andreas A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
epileptic disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1950-6945
pISSN - 1294-9361
DOI - 10.1684/epd.2014.0646
Subject(s) - cobalamin , status epilepticus , medicine , vitamin b12 , pediatrics , epilepsy , psychiatry
Cobalamin deficiency is included in the spectrum of very uncommon underlying causes of status epilepticus (SE) and the literature contains very few such cases. We herein report a case of unusual presentation of cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency with de novo SE with the intention to bolster the argument that a de novo manifestation of SE due to cobalamin deficiency might not be that uncommon. We also support the importance of prompt identification and treatment of the underlying causes of SE, particularly those which are uncommon.