The spectrum of valproic acid-associated pancreatitis

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1660-1663

  Werlin, Steven L ^a,c   Fish, Daryl L ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreatitis; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID; AMYLASE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; LENGTH OF STAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AMYLASES; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIPASE; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33750113486     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1182     Document Type: Article

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