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Effects of antiepileptic drugs on the serum folate and vitamin B12 in various epileptic patients

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    • Hong‑Li Huang
    • Hao Zhou
    • Nuan Wang
    • Chun‑Yu Yu
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    Affiliations: Department of Neurology, The First People's Hospital of Xuzhou, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221000, P.R. China
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Epilepsy is a common neurodegenerative disease with an increasing morbidity. Clinical treatment of epilepsy includes symptomatic treatment, etiological treatment, surgery and prevention. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) on serum folate and vitamin B12 in various epileptic patients, and to examine the correlation between these effects and secondary cerebrovascular events. A total of 68 epileptic patients, diagnosed between May 2012 and May 2014, were included in the present study. The study included 8 cases of autonomic seizures, 10 cases of absence seizures, 13 cases of complex partial seizures, 28 cases of generalized tonic‑clonic seizures, and 9 cases of simple partial seizures. The patients received appropriate AED treatment according to the characteristics of epileptic seizure and the treatment guidance. The differences in the serum levels of folate and vitamin B12 in these patients, and the differences in the secondary cerebrovascular events in these patients after 1 year follow‑up were analyzed. The difference in the AEDs used by various epileptic patients was statistically significant (P<0.05). The proportion of AED monotherapy in the autonomic seizure group and petit mal group was highest, and the proportion of two AED in combination with the psychomotor seizure, grand mal and simple partial seizure groups was highest. The serum levels of folate and vitamin B12 in these patients following treatment were significantly lower than those prior to treatment (P<0.05). The differences in the serum levels of folate and vitamin B12 in these groups following treatment were not statistically significant (P>0.05). The difference in the incidence of cerebrovascular events in these groups at follow up was not statistically significant (P>0.05). The multifactorial logistic regression analysis revealed that the serum levels of folate and vitamin B12 were the independent risk factors for epilepsy with secondary cerebrovascular events [folate: odds ratio (OR)=0.536, P=0.039; vitamin: OR=0.382, P=0.041]. In conclusion, various AEDs may decrease the serum levels of folate and vitamin B12 and affect the secondary cerebrovascular events in various epileptic patients. Thus, regular supplementation of folate and vitamin B12 may be an option.
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Huang HL, Zhou H, Wang N and Yu CY: Effects of antiepileptic drugs on the serum folate and vitamin B12 in various epileptic patients. Biomed Rep 5: 413-416, 2016.
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Huang, H., Zhou, H., Wang, N., & Yu, C. (2016). Effects of antiepileptic drugs on the serum folate and vitamin B12 in various epileptic patients. Biomedical Reports, 5, 413-416. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2016.737
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Huang, H., Zhou, H., Wang, N., Yu, C."Effects of antiepileptic drugs on the serum folate and vitamin B12 in various epileptic patients". Biomedical Reports 5.4 (2016): 413-416.
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Huang, H., Zhou, H., Wang, N., Yu, C."Effects of antiepileptic drugs on the serum folate and vitamin B12 in various epileptic patients". Biomedical Reports 5, no. 4 (2016): 413-416. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2016.737
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Huang HL, Zhou H, Wang N and Yu CY: Effects of antiepileptic drugs on the serum folate and vitamin B12 in various epileptic patients. Biomed Rep 5: 413-416, 2016.
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Huang, H., Zhou, H., Wang, N., & Yu, C. (2016). Effects of antiepileptic drugs on the serum folate and vitamin B12 in various epileptic patients. Biomedical Reports, 5, 413-416. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2016.737
MLA
Huang, H., Zhou, H., Wang, N., Yu, C."Effects of antiepileptic drugs on the serum folate and vitamin B12 in various epileptic patients". Biomedical Reports 5.4 (2016): 413-416.
Chicago
Huang, H., Zhou, H., Wang, N., Yu, C."Effects of antiepileptic drugs on the serum folate and vitamin B12 in various epileptic patients". Biomedical Reports 5, no. 4 (2016): 413-416. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2016.737
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