Is valproate encephalopathy under-recognised in older people? A case series

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 344-346

  Beyenburg, Stefan ^a   Back, Claude ^a   Diederich, Nico ^a   Lewis, Mark ^b   Reuber, Markus ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Encephalopathy; Epilepsy; Older people; Valproate; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TOXICITY; CASE STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTA RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THETA RHYTHM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 34250670438     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm019     Document Type: Article

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