Folic Acid-Induced Fall in Phenytoin Levels and Seizure Recurrence

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Recurrence of seizures is reported in an adult after addition of folic acid for treatment of a macrocytic anemia.

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Language: English

Page range: 50 - 51

Published on: Jul 1, 2005

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

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