A spinn immunoassay for diphenylhydantoin is reported, which appears to give an accurate and precise estimate of serum diphenylhydantoin concentrations, as judged by the disappearance of [14C]diphenylhydantoin from the serum of a rabbit. The assay also appears to be a reliable technique for routine diphenylhydantoin determinations, as judged from our experience with 28 patients. Serum diphenylh...

GENERIC NAME PAGE Carbamazepine 378 Clobazam 381 Clonazepam 380 Clorazepate 381 Diazepam 383 Ethosuximide 381 Ethotoin 378 Felbamate 382 Fosphenytoin 383 Gabapentin 382 Levetiracetam 382 Lamotrigine 379 Lorazepam 380 GENERIC NAME PAGE Mephenytoin 378 Mephobarbital 381 Metharbital 381 Nitrazepam 381 Oxcarbazepine 379 Phenobarbital 381 Phenytoin 377 Primidone 381 Tiagabine 381 Topiramate 379 Valp...

SubmitBenjamin Gerson, Department of ters: Pathology, New England Deaconess Hospital, and the Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215 Frances Bell, Department of Pathology, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA 02215 Sum Chan, Poly Drag, Inc., Boston, MA 02215 Evaluators: Larry A. Broussard, Medical Laboratory Associates, Birmingham, AL 35256 Frank M. Stearns and Robert Dairymple, Damon C...

Serum specimens from patients on primidone therapy were assayed by two currently available procedures: a commercially available enzyme immunoassay (EMIT) and a published gas-chromatographic procedure. Both procedures were done with commercially available materials and equipment. Results by the two procedures agreed well, which suggests that the two methods could be used interchangeably. For the...

Paracetamol (acetaminophen, N-acetyl-p-aminophenol, 4-hydroxyacetanilide) is the most common cause of acute liver failure in developed countries. There are a number of factors which potentially impact on the risk of an individual developing hepatotoxicity following an acute paracetamol overdose. These include the dose of paracetamol ingested, time to presentation, decreased liver glutathione, a...

OBJECTIVE Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are important for the treatment of epilepsy, psychiatric diseases, and pain syndromes. Small studies have suggested that AED treatment reduces serum levels of folate and vitamin B12. METHODS This prospective monocenter study aimed at testing the hypothesis that AED treatment is associated with folate and vitamin B12 serum levels in a large population. A to...