Bone mineral density following long-term use of antiepileptic drugs in a tropical Asian country.
- Kanitpong Phabphal, Kitti Limapichat, +5 authors Alan Geater
- Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy…
- 2008
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Incidence of anticonvulsant osteomalacia and effect of vitamin D: controlled therapeutic trial.
- Published 1973 in British medical journal
Abstract
The bone mineral content (B.M.C.) in both forearms (related to total body calcium) was measured by photon absorptiometry for a controlled therapeutic trial in a representative sample of epileptic outpatients, comprising 226 patients treated with one or two major anticonvulsant drugs (phenytoin, phenobarbitone, primidone).Initially the mean B.M.C. value for… (More)