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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΜΟΝΟΘΕΡΑΠΕΙΑ ΜΕ ΜΙΑ ΔΟΣΗ ΒΑΛΠΡΟΙΚΟΥ ΝΑΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΗΝ ΗΜΕΡΑ ΣΕ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ. ΚΛΙΝΙΚΟΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΑΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ

Abstract

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MONOTHERAPY WITH ONCE DAILY SODIUM VALPROATE WAS GIVEN IN 55 CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY. FOR 35 PATIENTS (35/55) ALREADY ON SODIUM VALPROATE TWICE DAILY THE SAME DAILY DOSE WAS GIVEN ONCE DAILY. THEY WERE ALREADY FREE OF SEIZURES AND CONTINUED SO AFTER THE CHANGE. 19 OF THEM HAD AN ABNORMAL EEG WHILE ON TWICE DAILY ANDALL ABNORMALITY DISAPPEARED IN 12 AFTER THE CHANGE TO THE ONCE DAILY DOSAGE. IN 20 PATIENTS (20/55) WITH FREQUENT SEIZURES SODIUM VALPROATE WAS GIVEN ONCE DAILY FROM THE START. THEY BECAME FREE OF SEIZURES AND ALL EEG ABNORMALITY DISAPPEARED. TWENTY PATIENTS HAD THEIR SERUM LEVELS ASSESSED EVERY 4 HOURS AND THEIR RESULTS ARE EXPRESSED WITH A SECOND DEGREE CURVE, WHICH SHOWS BETTER THE OPTIMUM RANGE IN RELATION TO THE TIME OF SAMPLING. THE "OPTIMUM" RANGE WHICH WE SUGGEST IS 60-120 MG/L.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1985

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Covanis, Athanasios
  • Κοβάνης, Αθανάσιος

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0381
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0381

Chain of custody

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Greek National Archive of PhD Theses
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Last updated
2026-07-24
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citation

Covanis, Athanasios; Κοβάνης, Αθανάσιος. ΜΟΝΟΘΕΡΑΠΕΙΑ ΜΕ ΜΙΑ ΔΟΣΗ ΒΑΛΠΡΟΙΚΟΥ ΝΑΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΗΝ ΗΜΕΡΑ ΣΕ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ. ΚΛΙΝΙΚΟΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΑΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0381