Martha Morrell
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Bone health in young women with epilepsy after one year of antiepileptic drug monotherapy.
Neurology. 2008; (18): 1586-93
Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) may have adverse effects on bone mineral density (BMD) and metabolism. We previously reported biochemical evidence of increased bone turnover in premenopausal women with epilepsy on phenytoin monotherapy compared with those on carbamazepine, lamotrigine, and valproate. We therefore hypothesized that rates of bone loss would be higher in young women treated with phenytoin.
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