Balance impairment in chronic antiepileptic drug users: A twin and sibling study

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 280-288

  Petty, Sandra J ^a   Hill, Keith D ^b,c   Haber, Natalie E ^a,b   Paton, Lynda M ^a   Lawrence, Kate M ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a   Seibel, Markus J ^d   O'Brien, Terence J ^a,e   Wark, John D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Balance; Epilepsy; Falls; Fracture risk

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCITRIOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPILEPSY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GAIT; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; TREATMENT DURATION; TWINS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DISEASES IN TWINS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 75649084171     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02254.x     Document Type: Article

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