Camptocormia, a new side effect of sodiu
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Sari Kiuru; Matti Iivanainen
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Article
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1987
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A mentally retarded 23-year-old woman with myoclonic astatic epilepsy developed an abnormal posture of extreme forward flexion, called camptocormia, during valproate monotherapy. Camptocormia occurred concomitantly with an increase of the plasma valproate level from about 330 mumol/l up to 530 mumol