Acute pancreatitis associated to the use of valproic acid

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 2 B, 2009, Pages 513-515

  Guevara Campos, José ^a,c   González Guevara, Lucía ^b   Vacaro Bolívar, Ixora ^a   Rojas, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a Pediatrics Service of the Hospital Felipe Guevara Rojas   (Venezuela)

^b Epilepsy and Encephalography Unit   (Venezuela)

^c NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN;

EID: 68049099275     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000300028     Document Type: Article

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