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Acute liver failure in a patient with hepatitis A infection on sodium valproate therapy
D G Harendra de Silva1, P Keembiyahetty, U K Jayantha
1Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle.
The Ceylon Medical Journal
|June 1, 1990
Abstract:
An epileptic patient on sodium valproate therapy, who developed acute liver failure following acute hepatitis A infection is reported. The hepatotoxic effects of this drug, and the possibility of intercurrent infection precipitating the toxic effects are discussed.