Valproate Hepatotoxicity in Children with Epilepsy

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-1-1-2

Keywords:

Fatal Valproate, Single High-Risk, Polytherapy

Abstract

Authors from the University Children’s Hospital in Heidelberg estimate the incidence of fatal valproate (VPA) hepatotoxicity in West Germany at around 1 in 5000 and find it hard to justify the use of VPA as a drug of first choice for children with generalised epilepsies.

Published

1987-06-01

Issue

Section

Paroxysmal Disorders