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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
Plasma carnitine and blood ammonia concentrations were measured in 25 severely handicapped patients, ages 3 to 21 years, and 27 age-matched control subjects. Fourteen of the handicapped patients were treated with anticonvulsant drugs including valproic acid; the remaining 11 patients were treated with drugs excluding valproic acid. Plasma carnitine concentrations were lower and blood ammonia values were higher in patients treated with valproic acid than in the untreated patients and control subjects. A significant inverse relationship was found between plasma carnitine concentrations and the dosage of valproic acid, and between plasma carnitine and blood ammonia values. After oral administration of D,L-carnitine (50 mg/kg/day) for four weeks, both carnitine deficiency and hyperammonemia were corrected.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-3476
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
782-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Carnitine deficiency and hyperammonemia associated with valproic acid therapy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Controlled Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't