National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
ΜΟΝΟΘΕΡΑΠΕΙΑ ΜΕ ΜΙΑ ΔΟΣΗ ΒΑΛΠΡΟΙΚΟΥ ΝΑΤΡΙΟΥ ΤΗΝ ΗΜΕΡΑ ΣΕ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ. ΚΛΙΝΙΚΟΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΑΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ
Abstract
dc:descriptionMONOTHERAPY 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
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Year dc:date
- 1985
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Authors dc:creator
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- Covanis, Athanasios
- Κοβάνης, Αθανάσιος
Subjects
dc:subject × 12Rights
- Language dc:language
- gre
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 10.12681/eadd/0381
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:10442/0381