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Valproic Acid (Sodium Valproate, Depakote)

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Valproate products are FDA-approved drugs to treat seizures and manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) and to prevent migraine headaches.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Pritzker Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA

    Daniel Thomas Ginat MD, MS

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Pritzker Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Daniel Thomas Ginat

  2. Department of Radiology, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

    Juan E. Small

  3. Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Pamela Whitney Schaefer

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Ginat, D.T. (2015). Valproic Acid (Sodium Valproate, Depakote). In: Ginat, D., Small, J., Schaefer, P. (eds) Neuroimaging Pharmacopoeia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12715-6_28

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