Neonatal Intractable Seizures and Valproic acid Therapy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-2-3-6

Neonatal Intractable Seizures and Valproic acid Therapy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 2 (1988): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 1988

Abstract

Seizures resistant to phenobarbital were controlled in four of six neonates by valproic acid (VPA) monotherapy and in one with polytherapy at the Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital, Greensboro, NC.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-2-3-6 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 20 - 20

Published on: Mar 1, 1988

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Valproic Acid,

Hyperammonemia,

Congenital Inborn Error

© 1988 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 2 (1988): Issue 3