Levetiracetam in Focal Epilepsy and Hepatic Porphyria: A Case Report
- 1 May 2004
- Vol. 45 (5) , 559-560
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.00204.x
Abstract
We report a patient with focal epilepsy and latent hereditary coproporphyria who had exacerbation of clinical symptoms of porphyria under treatment with valproate and primidone and was then treated with levetiracetam without exacerbation of clinically latent porphyria.Keywords
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