Elevated plasma concentrations of homocysteine in antiepileptic drug treatment

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-350

  Schwaninger, Markus ^a   Ringleb, Peter ^a   Winter, Ralph ^a   Kohl, Brigitte ^a   Fiehn, Walter ^a   Rieser, Peter A ^b   Walter Sack, Ingeborg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Heidelberger Druckmaschinen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Folic acids; Homocysteine; Vitamin B12; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PYRIDOXINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0032910781     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00716.x     Document Type: Article

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