Mental Deterioration in Epilepsy due to Folate Deficiency
Author:
- C. NeubauerCNC. Neubauer
Abstract
Folate deficiency in 50 epileptic children aged 5 to 18 years was treated with a combination of folic acid and vitamin B 12 . Improvement in mental condition occurred from five to eight weeks after beginning treatment in some of the younger children; no change was noticed, however, in 31. Similarly, in 19 children fits became less frequent and less severe. It is recommended that both folic acid and vitamin B 12 should be given as soon as a patient is started on anticonvulsant drugs to prevent mental deterioration.Keywords
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