Valproic acid-induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy with triphasic waves

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 909-912

  Kifune, Akira ^a   Kubota, Fumio ^a   Shibata, Nobuyoshi ^a   Akata, Takushirou ^a   Kikuchi, Senichirou ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid analysis; Epilepsy; Hyperammonemic encephalopathy; Triphasic waves; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033922929     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00263.x     Document Type: Article

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