Serum and hair trace element levels in patients with epilepsy and healthy subjects: Does the antiepileptic therapy affect the element concentrations of hair?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 705-709

  Akyol, Omer ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Copper; Epilepsy; Hair; Magnesium; Manganese; Serum; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; COPPER; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; PHENYTOIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VALPROIC ACID; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032763131     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.t01-1-660705.x     Document Type: Article

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