Hepatic encephalopathy precipitated by sodium valproate therapy

Subhash, H S; Heddle, Robert J; Schultz, David W; Ring, John; Thompson, Campbell H

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01780.x

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To the Editor: We report the case of a 71-year-old woman who presented with a 3-week history of lethargy, subacute confusion and drowsiness. She was known to have a seizure disorder for which she had been taking lamotrigine 100 mg and sodium valproate 500 mg twice a day for 2 years.

H S Subhash¹
Robert J Heddle¹^,²
David W Schultz³
John Ring³
Campbell H Thompson³

1 Division of Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA.
2 Flinders University, Adelaide, SA.
3 Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, Adelaide, SA.

Correspondence: hssubhashcmc@hotmail.com

Acknowledgements:

We thank Professor Peter Roberts-Thomson, Director of the Department of Immunology at Flinders Medical Centre, for his expert opinion and advice.

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