Valproic acid-induced hair-texture changes in a white woman

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 400-401

  Wilting, Ingeborg ^a,b   Van Laarhoven, Jan H M ^a   De Koning Verest, Ingrid F ^c   Egberts, Antoine C G ^b,d  

^a TweeSteden Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Public Pharmacy de Blaak   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HAIR TEXTURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33846830033     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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