title: Ascorbic acid and long-term anticonvulsant therapy in children.
abstract: 1. Forty-eight children, who were long-term hospital patients, were investigated to assess their leucocyte ascorbic acid status. 2. Twenty-nine children had been receiving long-term anticonvulsants therapy, and these children did not have a significantly lower level of ascorbic acid than the untreated group, which did not have epilepsy. 3. The ascorbic levels of all subjects were low and seventeen had levels between 7-3 and 16-o mug/10-8 white blood cells.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D001205:Ascorbic Acid