Cerebellar Atrophy with Phenytoin and Epilepsy

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-9-6

Keywords:

Cerebellar Atrophy, Phenytoin, Toxicity

Abstract

Cerebellar size measured by MRI was studied in a group of 36 adults (21 to 54 years, mean age 34 years) with intractable partial epilepsy treated with phenytoin longer than 4 years at the Epilepsy Center of the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY.

Published

1994-09-01

Issue

Section

Antiepileptic Medications