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Galia Karp1, Yaakov Bentov, Rafik Masalha
1Internal Medicine Department, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel. galiak@bgu.ac.il
Objective:
To describe the first reported case of a seizure in a patient using the dietary supplement DHEA in an attempt to improve ovarian oocyte production.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
University-affiliated teaching hospital, neurologic department.
Patient(S):
A 30-year-old woman with fragile X syndrome and no history of any convulsive disorder who was receiving IVF treatment.
Intervention(S):
Daily treatment with the dietary supplement DHEA.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Generalized seizure.
Result(S):
After 1 month of DHEA treatment, the patient was admitted with a generalized seizure.
Conclusion(S):
A generalized seizure, associated with concurrent intake of DHEA.
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