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Case Report

Terlipressin-induced hyponatremic seizure

Jong Jin Hyun Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Yeon Seok Seo Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kwang Gyun Lee Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Bora Keum Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Hyung Joon Yim Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Yoon Tae Jeen Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Hoon Jai Chun Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Soon Ho Um Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Chang Duck Kim Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Ho Sang Ryu Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Digestive Disease and Nutrition, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Pages 501-504 | Received 02 Nov 2009, Accepted 10 Nov 2009, Published online: 22 Mar 2010

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