Case Report December 23, 2021

Valproate-Induced Pancytopenia and Phenytoin Toxicity in a Young Adult With Intellectual Disability and Mesial Temporal Lobe Sclerosis

Tshering Lhamu, MBBS; Kamaldeep Sadh, MD; Ajit B. Dahale, MD; Vineeth Mohan, MD; Santosh Loganathan, MD

Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2021;23(6):20cr02897

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