Valproate-Induced Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy

Abstract

Valproate-induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy (VHE), predisposing causes, clinical, laboratory, and EEG findings, and therapy are reviewed from the Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.

Keywords

• valproate-induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy
• ornithine transcarbamylase
• hyperammonemia