Change in Hair Color Induced by Valproic Acid

June 1981 in “ Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology ”

J L Herranz, Rosa Arteaga, Juan A. Armijo

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Sodium Valproate in the Treatment of Resistant Epilepsy Acta Neurologica Scandinavica · 1976

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