Background: Epilepsy is a chronic condition characterized by unprovoked seizure. Vitamin D is necessary in child development process and is strongly influenced by the presence of anti-epileptic drugs. Objective: To determine the correlation of treatment duration and serum vitamin D levels in children with epilepsy who use the combination of valproic acid and topiramate. Methods: A cross section…
Background :Epilepsy is a chronic disease that increases the risk of interictal headaches, one of which is tension type headache. Tension type headachein epilepsy is triggered by recurrent neurogenic inflammation and central sensitization leading to pericranial tendernessaffecting on thecognitive function. The frequency of tension type headachein epilepsy is thoug…
Background: Epilepsy is a chronic condition withunprovoked seizures. One of the changes affected by anti-epileptic drugs is a decrease in bone density. Gender and sex hormones have implications onbone density.Objective: To determine the prevalence difference osteopenia between male and female, and relationship with clinical characteristicsepilepsy patients takin…
Background:Leprosy is a chronic infectious peripheral neuropathy caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Clinical presentations of leprosy neuropathy are obtained when the nerve damage is more than 30% of peripheral nerve fibers. The anti-inflammatory property of interleukin 10 is supposed to protect tissue from the damage caused by proinflammatory cytokines. Instea…