Valproate encephalopathy and hyperammonaemia [2]

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 919, 2002, Pages 316-317

  O'Neill, M ^a   Dubrey, R W ^a   Grocott Mason, R M ^a  

^a HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGGRESSION; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLAPPING TREMOR; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LETTER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NOTE;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0036265029     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.78.919.316     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Non-hepatic hyperammonaemia: An important, potentially reversible cause of encephalopathy
2. Secondary hyperammonaemia: A possible mechanism for valproate encephalopathy
3. Valproic acid-associated encephalopathy