1.
Niger Med J
; 9(1): 58-60, 1979 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-463342
Subject(s)
Leg/innervation , Median Nerve/physiology , Neural Conduction , Ulnar Nerve/physiology , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Time Factors
2.
East Afr Med J
; 55(3): 109-14, 1978 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-668614
3.
Trop Geogr Med
; 27(4): 418-21, 1975 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1216324
ABSTRACT
A survey of calcium metabolism in fifty-two epileptic patients on long term therapy with anti-convulsant drugs, showed that their total serum calcium levels were within normal limits. There was neither clinical nor radiological evidence of osteomalacia in any of them. It is postulated therefore that the osteomalacic effect of antivonculsant drugs reported among Caucasians does not appear to occur in African patients in a tropical environment most probably due to the abundance of vitamin D derived from the sun's ultra-violet light.
Subject(s)
Alkaline Phosphatase/blood , Anticonvulsants/therapeutic use , Calcium/blood , Epilepsy/drug therapy , Phosphates/blood , Adolescent , Adult , Anticonvulsants/administration & dosage , Calcium/metabolism , Child , Epilepsy/metabolism , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Nigeria , Osteomalacia/epidemiology , Sunlight , Time Factors , Vitamin D/metabolism
4.
East Afr Med J
; 52(10): 571-2, 1975 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1204539