Reversible valproate hepatotoxicity due to mutations in mitochondrial DNA polymerase γ (POLG1).

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Published in BMJ Case Rep on May 10, 2009

Authors

R McFarland1, G Hudson, R W Taylor, S H Green, S Hodges, P J McKiernan, P F Chinnery, V Ramesh

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1: Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

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