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Risk Factors for Valproic Acid-induced Hyperammonaemia in Chinese Paediatric Patients with Epilepsy.
Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology - 1 Nov 2018
Zhu Xu, Li Xinlin, Zhang Ti, Zhao Limei
Abstract excerpt
This study was aimed at identifying genetic and non-genetic risk factors for valproic acid (VPA)-induced hyperammonaemia in Chinese paediatric patients with epilepsy. A total of 210 epileptic patients, treated with VPA as monotherapy, were enrolled and classified into hyperammonaemia and control groups according to their blood ammonia level (cut-off value 50 μmol/L). Serum concentrations of VPA and its major...
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