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Enzyme-Inducing AEDs Linked to Increased Vascular Risk
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Title Enzyme-Inducing AEDs Linked to Increased Vascular Risk
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/567811?src=rss
Description Preliminary research suggests carbamazepine and phenytoin -- 2 of the most commonly used enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs -- may produce serologic changes that could substantially increase the risk for coronary and cerebrovascular disease. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Internal Medicine
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Date Dec 21, 2007
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