Primidone-induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy in a patient with cerebral astrocytoma

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-81

  Katano, Hiroyuki ^a   Fukushima, Tsuneyuki ^a   Karasawa, Kunio ^a   Sugiyama, Naotake ^a   Ohkura, Atsuhiko ^a   Kamiya, Ken ^a  

^a Nagoya City Higashi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia; Primidone

Indexed keywords

PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLAPPING TREMOR; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0036151711     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2001.1011     Document Type: Article

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