Blood ammonia levels in epileptic children on 2 dose ranges of valproic acid monotherapy: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-112

  Sharma, Suvasini ^a   Gulati, Sheffali ^a   Kabra, Madhulika ^a   Kalra, Veena ^a   Vasisht, Suman ^a   Gupta, Yogender Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

encephalopathy; hyperammonemia; Indian; metabolic

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; VALPROIC ACID;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AMMONIA; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 78651293218     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810377235     Document Type: Article

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