Valproic acid and fatalities in children: a review of individual case safety reports in VigiBase

Introduction Valproic acid is an effective first line drug for the treatment of epilepsy. Hepatotoxicity is a rare and potentially fatal adverse reaction for this medicine. Objective Firstly to characterise valproic acid reports on children with fatal outcome and secondly to determine reporti...

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Main Authors: Star, Kristina, Edwards, I. Ralph, Choonara, Imti
Format: Article
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37196/