Folate Therapy in Epilepsy: A Controlled Study

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1973, Pages 78-81

  Mattson, Richard H ^a,b   Gallagher, Brian B ^a,b   Reynolds, Edward H ^a,b   Glass, David ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SERUM; THERAPY;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FOLIC ACID; HUMAN; LEUCOVORIN; PERSONALITY; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0015795118     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1973.00490260022002     Document Type: Article

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