Valproate induced thrombocytopenia complicating acute febrile illness

Sodium valproate is a commonly used anticonvulsant. Thrombocytopenia is one of the lesser known adverse effects of valproate. Fever with thrombocytopenia is a frequent clinical presentation especially in tropical countries like India with emerging and reemerging infections like dengue fever. We pres...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth K, Gopakumar H, Zachariah Philip, Jacob Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2006-01-01
Series:Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
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Online Access:http://www.bioline.org.br/request?06056