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L-Carnitine supplementation to reverse hyperammonemia in a patient undergoing chronic valproic acid treatment: A case report

Valproic acid is a broad-spectrum anticonvulsant that has also gained attention in the psychiatric setting. With respect to safety, valproic acid may induce a seemingly rare condition, hyperammonemia, which can induce a wide variety of symptoms ranging from irritability to coma. The proposed mechani...

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Autores principales: Maldonado, Cecilia, Guevara, Natalia, Silveira, Alicia, Fagiolino, Pietro, Vázquez, Marta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5536406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28425821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060517703278