Stevens-Johnson syndrome induced by sodium valproate monotherapy

A case of Stevens-Johnson syndrome following treatment with sodium valproate is presented here. A 20-year-old male was put on sodium valproate monotherapy for the migraine, with generalized epilepsy. He developed vesicles and bullae in the oral and nasal mucosa with conjunctivitis, after 10 days of...

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Autores principales: Naveen, KN, Arunkumar, JS, Hanumanthayya, K, Pai, VV
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22624102
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5151.94904
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description A case of Stevens-Johnson syndrome following treatment with sodium valproate is presented here. A 20-year-old male was put on sodium valproate monotherapy for the migraine, with generalized epilepsy. He developed vesicles and bullae in the oral and nasal mucosa with conjunctivitis, after 10 days of treatment. The lesions resolved after treating with systemic steroids. This case has been presented because Stevens-Johnson syndrome with sodium valproate monotherapy has been very rarely reported.
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spelling pubmed-33543772012-05-23 Stevens-Johnson syndrome induced by sodium valproate monotherapy Naveen, KN Arunkumar, JS Hanumanthayya, K Pai, VV Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci Case Report A case of Stevens-Johnson syndrome following treatment with sodium valproate is presented here. A 20-year-old male was put on sodium valproate monotherapy for the migraine, with generalized epilepsy. He developed vesicles and bullae in the oral and nasal mucosa with conjunctivitis, after 10 days of treatment. The lesions resolved after treating with systemic steroids. This case has been presented because Stevens-Johnson syndrome with sodium valproate monotherapy has been very rarely reported. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3354377/ /pubmed/22624102 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5151.94904 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Stevens-Johnson syndrome induced by sodium valproate monotherapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354377/
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