Cerebellar atrophy in a child with valproate toxicity

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 999-1001

  Ghosh, Vidya B ^a   Kapoor, Seema ^a,b   Prakash, Anjali ^a   Bhatt, Sinchana ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebellar atrophy; Hyperammonemic encephalopathy; Valproate toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; LAMOTRIGINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LETHARGY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VOMITING;

EID: 79961170721     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0332-6     Document Type: Article

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