Cognitive effects of phenytoin during monotherapy and after withdrawal
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 75 (4) , 258-261
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.1987.tb07930.x
Abstract
— We studied the psychomotor performance of 10 seizure‐free epileptics during a fixed monotherapy with phenytoin and after its withdrawal. Our findings suggests some adverse effects of phenytoin which seem reversible after withdrawal.Keywords
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