A previously healthy nonepileptic 11-year-old girl presented with confusion and disorientation after an acute ingestion of valproic acid. Her serum concen tration of valproic acid was 39.6 mcg/ml, a range normally considered "thera peutic" in the control of seizures. She recovered without sequelae despite the subsequent attainment of higher valproic acid concentrations.
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