CARBAMAZEPINE, SERUM THYROID-HORMONES AND MYOCARDIAL-FUNCTION IN EPILEPTIC PATIENTS

Authors
ISOJARVI JIT AIRAKSINEN KEJ REPO M PAKARINEN AJ SALMELA P MYLLYLA VV
Citation
Jit. Isojarvi et al., CARBAMAZEPINE, SERUM THYROID-HORMONES AND MYOCARDIAL-FUNCTION IN EPILEPTIC PATIENTS, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 56(6), 1993, pp. 710-712
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Neurosciences,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223050
Volume
56
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
710 - 712
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3050(1993)56:6<710:CSTAMI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Serum thyroid hormone and thyrotropin levels were assayed and the myoc ardial function was evaluated by measuring systolic time intervals bot h in 30 patients with epilepsy on long-term carbamazepine monotherapy and in 19 healthy volunteers. Serum thyroxine, free thyroxine and trii odothyronine levels were significantly lower (p < 0.001) in the patien t group than in the control group and systolic time intervals were sim ilar in both groups.