Reversible Altered Consciousness and Brain Atrophy Induced by Valproic Acid

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-17-8-6

Reversible Altered Consciousness and Brain Atrophy Induced by Valproic Acid

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 17 (2003): Issue 8

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Aug 2003

Abstract

A 5-year-old female child with valproic acid (VPA)-related alteration of consciousness and brain atrophy that progressed over a 3 day period and resolved within 12 hours of discontinuing VPA is reported from Dokkyo University School of Medicine and Shimotsuga General Hospital, Tochigi, Japan.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-17-8-6 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 61 - 62

Published on: Aug 1, 2003

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Valproic Acid,

Central Focal Spikes,

Neurologic Examination

© 2003 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 17 (2003): Issue 8