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Antiepileptic drugs as independent predictors of plasma total homocysteine levels.
Epilepsy research - 1 Nov 2001
Apeland T, Mansoor M A, Strandjord R E
Abstract excerpt
Low folate levels have consistently been reported in patients with epilepsy on phenytoin (PHT), phenobarbital (PB) and primidone (PRD), while data on valproate (VPA) are conflicting. Furthermore, antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) may be associated with high levels of plasma total homocysteine (p-tHcy). Therefore, we have investigated the levels of p-tHcy, serum folate (S-FA) and erythrocyte folate (E-FA) in patients on...
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