Early effect of sodium valproate and carbamazepine monotherapy on homocysteine metabolism in children with epilepsy

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• 作者：Achilleas Attilakos ; Evangellos Papakonstantinou ; Kleopatra Schulpis ; Konstantinos Voudris ; Eustathia Katsarou ; Sotiria Mastroyianni and Anastasia Garoufi
• 刊名：Epilepsy Research
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：October 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：71
• 期：2-3
• 页码：229-232
• 全文大小：94 K

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Plasma total homocysteine (p-tHcy), serum folate (s-F), serum vitamin B-12 (s-B12) and plasma pyridoxal-5′-phosphate (p-PLP) were measured in epileptic children before and after a 20-week period of sodium valproate (group A, n = 32) and carbamazepine (group B, n = 20) monotherapy. P-tHcy significantly increased in both groups, s-F and s-B12 significantly increased in group A, while s-F and p-PLP significantly decreased in group B. Our study showed an early effect of antiepileptic drug treatment on homocysteine metabolism.