Bone status in patients with epilepsy: relationship to markers of bone remodeling

Patients with epilepsy and treated with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) may develop metabolic bone disease, however, the exact pathogenesis of bone loss with AEDs is still unclear. Included were 75 adults with epilepsy (mean age: 31.90±5.62years; duration of treatment with AEDs: 10.57±3.55years) and 40 m...

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Main Authors: Sherifa Ahmed Hamed, Ehab eMansour, Ahmed Hamdy Youssef, Mohammed eAbd ElHameed, Eman eMohamad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00142/full