Valproate-induced lethal hyperammonaemic coma in a carrier of ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency

J Inherit Metab Dis. 1991;14(5):836-7. doi: 10.1007/BF01799961.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ammonia / blood*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coma / etiology*
  • Epilepsy / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease*
  • Valproic Acid / adverse effects*
  • Valproic Acid / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Valproic Acid
  • Ammonia