Electroencephalography and phenytoin toxicity in mentally retarded epileptic patients.
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 41 (3) , 272-277
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.41.3.272
Abstract
There were significantly more diffuse and focal electroencephalographic abnormalities in 127 mentally retarded epileptic patients treated with phenytoin than in 68 epileptics without phenytoin. Phenytoin intoxication made the difference still more pronounced. Monitoring drug levels and electroencephalograms may be the method of choice for ensuring safe and effective medication in intractable epilepsy.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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