Multiple system atrophy due to prolonged valproic acid treatment [2]

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 780-782

  Borroni, Barbara ^a   Rosati, Anna ^a   Costanzi, Chiara ^a   Zulli, Roberto ^a   Mardighian, Dicram ^a   Gasparotti, Roberto ^a   Padovani, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ATAXIA; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TREMOR;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; TIME FACTORS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 34447136197     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610207005388     Document Type: Letter

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