Valproic acid as an antiepileptic drug: Is there a clinical relevance for the epilepsy surgeon?

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 127, Issue , 2016, Pages 191-194

  Kurwale, Nilesh ^a   Garg, Kanwaljeet ^a   Arora, Amit ^a   Chandra, Poodipedi Sarat ^a   Tripathi, Manjari ^a  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Drug resistant epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Hyperammonemia; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CALLOSOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HYPERAMMONEMIA; NEUROSURGEON; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; NEUROSURGEONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84986005286     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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