Valproate restriction, sexual dysfunction, and neuropathology - Editors’ Highlights June 2024

Journal editors Prof. Philip Smith and Dr. Geraint Fuller discuss the June 2024 issue of Practical Neurology, covering some of the interesting articles published this month. A number of difficult challenges and tradeoffs are featured, relating to recent men-only guidance for sodium valproate use, folic acid dosing for women with epilepsy, post-mortem brain donation, and sexual dysfunction caused by neurological medication. There is also some insight into the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy and congenital myasthenia.

Read the issue: pn.bmj.com/content/24/3

Further reading:

Cancer Risk in Children of Mothers With Epilepsy and High-Dose Folic Acid Use During Pregnancy (jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullart…). Vegrim HM, Dreier JW, Alvestad S, et al. JAMA Neurol. 2022;79(11):1130–1138.

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