Vitamin B12 and folate status in patients with epilepsy under levetiracetam monotherapy
Background: Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) may lead to an increase in the plasma concentration of homocysteine. There is limited information, especially from Iran, regarding the risk in patients who are treated with levetiracetam as a new type of AED. The aim of the present study was to investigate the...
Main Authors: | Atena Mahdavi, Amirmansour Alavi Naeini, Mohammadreza Najafi, Mohammadreza Ghazvini, Mohammadreza Maracy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Preventive Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2019;volume=10;issue=1;spage=32;epage=32;aulast=Mahdavi |
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