Pathological laughter following intravenous sodium valproate.

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  • P C Jacob
  • R P Chand
چکیده

BACKGROUND Pathological laughter can be a sign of epilepsy, psychiatric illness, effect of toxins or psychotropic drugs or of structural brain disease. METHOD Case Studies. RESULT Two patients developed inappropriate uncontrollable laughter following intravenous sodium valproate for treatment of epilepsy. CONCLUSION Pathological laughter can be a side effect of intravenous sodium valproate.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques

دوره 25 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1998