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Phenytoin sodium

Known as: Sodium Diphenylhydantoinate, diphenylhydantoin sodium, 5,5-Diphenyl-2,4-imidazolidinedione, Monosodium Salt 
The sodium salt form of phenytoin, a hydantoin derivate and non-sedative antiepileptic agent with anticonvulsant activity. Phenytoin sodium promotes… 
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Antiepileptic AgentsDrug AllergyEpidermolysis BullosaEpilepsy

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Synthesis of some newer derivatives of substituted quinazolinonyl-2-oxo/thiobarbituric acid as potent anticonvulsant agents.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Synthesis of newer thiadiazolyl and thiazolidinonyl quinazolin-4 3H-ones as potential anticonvulsant agents.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Factors associated with antiepileptic drug use among elderly nursing home residents.
UNLABELLED BACKGROUND. Epilepsy, a chronic condition defined as two or more recurrent, unprovoked seizures, has the highest… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Complications of intravenous phenytoin for acute treatment of seizures. Recommendations for usage.
Intravenous (IV) phenytoin sodium in small volumes of normal saline was administered in a municipal hospital emergency department… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Severe allopurinol hypersensitivity. Association with thiazides and prior renal compromise.
Allopurinol, introduced in 1963, 1 has proved to be a useful agent for the treatment of gout and hyperuricemia. 2-7 Although… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Methylphenidate interaction with both anticonvulsants and ethyl biscoumacetate.
Therapeutic doses of methylphenidate hydrochloride, given for the minimal cerebral dysfunction syndrome, were found to raise the… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Management of epilepsy with diphenylhydantoin sodium. Dosage regulation for problem patients.
  • H. KuttF. McDowell
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
  • 1968
  • Corpus ID: 28430142
Levels of diphenylhydantoin sodium in the blood can be correlated with its clinical effects and intoxication. Therapeutic levels… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Relationship Between the Plasma Level of Diphenylhydantoin Sodium and Its Cardiac Antiarrhythmic Effects
The effect of diphenylhydantoin sodium (DPH, Dilantin) on a variety of arrhythmias was studied in relation to its plasma levels… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
DIPHENYLHYDANTOIN SODIUM IN CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS.
THE time-honored drug armamentarium for cardiac arrhythmias of digitalis, quinidine and procainamide has proved successful in… 
Highly Cited
1950
Highly Cited
1950
Effects of diphenylhydantoin sodium (dilantin sodium) and phenobarbital sodium upon ectopic ventricular tachycardia in acute myocardial infarction.
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