Serum total amylase, pancreatic amylase and lipase activities in epileptic children treated with sodium valproate monotherapy

Brain and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 572-575

  Voudris, Konstantinos ^a   Attilakos, Achilleas ^b   Katsarou, Eustathia ^a   Mastroyianni, Sotiria ^a   Dimou, Stamatia ^a   Skardoutsou, Angeliki ^b   Prassouli, Alexia ^b   Garoufi, Anastasia ^b  

^a P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amylase; Epileptic children; Lipase; Pancreatic amylase; Pancreatitis; Sodium valproate

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVARY GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; AMYLASES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL ENZYME TESTS; ENZYME TESTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOAMYLASE; LIPASE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33747880314     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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