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Serum Anticonvulsant Concentrations in Epileptic Patients with Mental Symptoms

A Preliminary Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

E. H. Reynolds  and
R. D. Travers
E. H. Reynolds
Affiliation:
Dept. of Neurology, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut
R. D. Travers
Affiliation:
Yale University Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, U.S.A.
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The introduction of techniques for the measurement of the serum concentrations of anticonvulsant drugs has opened up new opportunities of studying epilepsy in many of its aspects. Until the present time authors have studied variations in, and factors effecting, the metabolism of the drugs, and the relationship of serum drug concentrations to seizure control and well known side effects (see Woodbury, Penry and Schmidt, 1972). In this paper we report some preliminary observations on drug concentrations in patients with and without marked changes in their mental state.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 124 , Issue 582 , May 1974 , pp. 440 - 445
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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