Valproate Induced Obesity and Polycystic Ovaries

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-10-6-5

Keywords:

Valproate, Hyperinsulinemia, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Abstract

Fourteen (64%) of 22 women receiving valproate monotherapy for epilepsy had polycystic ovaries, hyperandrogenism, or both, in a study at the Departments of Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Pediatrics, University of Oulu, Finland.

Published

1996-06-01

Issue

Section

Antiepileptic Medications