Antiepileptic drugs and vitamin B6 plasma levels in adult patients

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 182-184

  Linnebank, Michael ^a,b   Moskau, Susanna ^b   Semmler, Alexander ^a   Widman, Guido ^b   Weller, Michael ^a   Kallweit, Ulf ^a   Elger, Christian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; PYRIDOXINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 84865068139     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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