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Dev Med Child Neurol
; 57(11): 1076-8, 2015 Nov.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26096509
RESUMO
Rash, a hypersensitivity reaction, is a common cause of withdrawal from an effective antiepileptic drug (AED) in patients with epilepsy. We present a case of successful desensitization to valproic acid in a 12-year-old male with childhood absence epilepsy and a hypersensitivity reaction, whose epilepsy did not respond to other AEDs. Desensitization is a practical therapeutic solution for patients who develop a non-life-threatening hypersensitivity reaction to an AED for which there may be no substitute.