title: Valproic acid in the treatment of epilepsy during the pediatric age.
abstract: We studied 85 pediatric patients with different types of epilepsy treated with valproic acid. The clinical and EEG follow-up were performed up to 10 months. Our EEG-clinical observations in this study show that this group of epilepsies during the pediatric age are extremely sensitive to valproic acid with minimal and tolerable side effects. Within a brief period of time an effective response was obtained in the case of epilepsy with myoclonicastatic seizures juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (impulsive petit mal), classical absence and photosensitive epilepsy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Olmos-Garcia de Alba
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Valdez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014635:Valproic Acid