Endocrine Function and Antiepileptic Drugs

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-3-7

Keywords:

Valproate, Carbamazepine, Oxcarbazepine

Abstract

The effects of valproate (VPA) in 40, carbamazepine (CBZ) in 19, and oxcarbazepine (OXC) in 18 girls with epilepsy on growth and maturation were compared to 49 healthy untreated controls examined at 8 to 18 years of age at the Departments of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Radiology, University of Oulu, Finland.

Published

1999-03-01

Issue

Section

Antiepileptic Medications