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Effect of Folic Acid Supplementation on Seizure Control in Epileptic Children Receiving Long Term Antiepileptic Therapy by Bindu Deopa; Manish Parakh; Pawan Dara; Vikas Payal; Kapil Chordiya; Ankit Panday; Sumeet Singh; Devesh Parashar is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Objective: To evaluate the effect of folic acid supplementation on seizure control in folate deficient children receiving long term antiepileptic therapy. ## Methods: In a prospective interventional study, 140 children between age group 6 mo to 180 mo fulfilling the inclusion criteria were enrolled in study group, from october 2015 through november 2016. on the basis of serum folate, study group was divided into two subgroups by non randomization: group a ( 10 ng/ml) was not supplemented. response to folic acid supplementation in group a was compared with group b in terms of change in blood folate levels, frequency and duration of seizures after three months. ## Results: Mean age of study group was 73.58 ± 46.89 mo (72.14% boys and 27.85% girls). 67.85% children were in group a and 32.14% in group b. on 3 mo follow up, children supplemented with folic acid (group a) had significant fall in mean seizure frequency while in non-supplemented children (group b), no significant change was seen (p value <0.05). similar reduction in duration of seizure episode was seen in group a as compared to group b. serum and rbc folate levels improved from baseline in group a, while in group b ther
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- Author
- Bindu Deopa; Manish Parakh; Pawan Dara; Vikas Payal; Kapil Chordiya; Ankit Panday; Sumeet Singh; Devesh Parashar
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)