Oral rapid loading of valproic acid-An alternative to the usual saturation scheme?

Seizure

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 630-632

  Gerstner, Thorsten ^a   Bell, Nellie ^a   Longin, Elke ^a   König, Stephan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Rapid oral loading; Side effects; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TITRIMETRY; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33750454091     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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