Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood Thiamine Concentrations in Phenytoin-Treated Epileptics
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
- Vol. 9 (1) , 37-39
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0317167100043602
Abstract
Thiamine and folate levels in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were determined by microbiological assays in 23 control subjects and 11 phenytoin-treated epileptics. There was no significant difference between the two groups for serum and CSF folate levels. There was, however, a statistically significant difference between the groups for both whole blood thiamine and CSF thiamine levels. Epileptic patients being treated with phenytoin had lower values than control subjects (p < 0.001)This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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