65 citations
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July 2013 in “International Clinical Psychopharmacology” This review provides an overview of the prevalence and management of side effects of mood-stabilizing drugs in bipolar disorder patients and reports no new clinical results.
21 citations
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June 2011 in “Journal of child neurology” This study found that while serum zinc levels were lower in children treated with valproic acid or carbamazepine than in healthy controls, zinc, biotin, and biotinidase enzyme activity remained within normal ranges and unaffected by these treatments.
16 citations
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May 2009 in “Journal of child neurology” In this study, valproic acid treatment did not significantly affect serum biotinidase enzyme activity in children, but was associated with hair loss in some patients, which resolved with biotin supplementation.
13 citations
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September 1989 in “International Journal of Dermatology” Carbamazepine may cause reversible nail detachment.
7 citations
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October 1997 in “Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry” This report describes two young women with partial seizures who developed alopecia after starting carbamazepine, suggesting a potential link between the drug and hair loss.