Pancreatitis during sodium valproate treatment.

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  • L H Williams
  • R P Reynolds
  • J L Emery
چکیده

A girl aged 1 year died of acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis while taking sodium valproate. Necropsy showed widespread vascular disease that may have contributed to the onset of pancreatitis. Previous reports of pancreatitis in children receiving valproic acid are reviewed and although the association is rare, a causal relation between pancreatitis and valproic acid seems to have been established.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of disease in childhood

دوره 58 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1983