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ea0028p16 | Bone | SFEBES2012

A study of vitamin D status and Bone Mineral Density in epileptic patients from South India

Koshy George , Paul Thomas , Asha H , Thomas Nihal , Aaron Sanjit , Thomas Maya , Alexander Mathew , Seshadri M

Introduction: There are many reports describing the association of alternations of bone and mineral metabolism in patients with epilepsy receiving long term anticonvulsant therapy. However, there are only a few Indian studies which have looked at this aspect. Objective: This study was done to compare the prevalence of changes in bone mineral parameters and bone mineral density (BMD) in ambulant individuals on long term anticonvulsant therapy with age and BMI matched healthy co...