Antiepileptic Drugs and Thyroid Function

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-18-3-4

Antiepileptic Drugs and Thyroid Function

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 18 (2004): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 2004

Abstract

Thyroid function in 78 girls and female adolescents (aged 8-18 years) during pubertal development was evaluated while taking carbamazepine (CBZ), oxcarbazepine (OXC), or valproate (VPA) monotherapy for epilepsy and after withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs, in a study at Oulu University Hospital, and Hospital for Sick Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Finland.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-18-3-4 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 20 - 20

Published on: Mar 1, 2004

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Carbamazepine,

Oxcarbazepine,

Serum Hormone

© 2004 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 18 (2004): Issue 3