Valproate associated diffuse alveolar hemorrhage

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Choi, K H ^a   Nam, T S ^b   Kim, J T ^a   Choi, S M ^a   Park, M S ^b   Kim, B C ^a   Kim, M K ^a   Cho, K H ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alveolar hemorrhage; Complications; Epilepsy; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 79960327082     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03409.x     Document Type: Letter

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