Abstract
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Epileptic patients exhibited variably altered status of electrolytes, and antioxidant. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of epilepsy and long-term antiepileptic drug therapy on the level of serum electrolytes (calcium, sodium, and potassium) and antioxidant ( uric acid) . PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty epileptic patients and twenty normal healthy individuals as a control were recruited in this study. The mean± SD of age of treated and untreated patients was (24.0±10.0) and (31.0±11.0) respectively. Spectrophotometric technique was used to determine all the parameters in this study. Data were expressed as mean ± SD. Statistical comparison among different groups was performed by using ANOVA tests. Statistical significance was defined. as P
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Wahid, Hind Hani Abdul
(2010)
"Evaluation of Serum Electrolytes and Uric Acid in Iraqi Epileptic Patients,"
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal: Vol. 9:
Iss.
1, Article 16.
Available at:
https://www.ipmj.org/journal/vol9/iss1/16