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ESTIMATION OF SODIUM, POTASSIUM AND UREA IN PATIENS AFFLICTED BY EPILEPSY | ||
| AL-TAQANI | ||
| Article 1, Volume 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 128-132 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Basema Sadek Ahmed; Lamea Mohammad Ahmed; Mohammed Abdul-Aziz Kadir | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, it is a widespread problem in most of the medical clinics . This symptom has various causes . Selected samples taken, but not randomly , from 74 patients who consisted of 39 males and 35 females . who used to attend private clinics in Kirkuk city, besides the samples of a group of 60 control individuals whose ages were ranging from several months to 30 years .The duration of the study lasted from the beginning of April 2001 till the end of December of the same year. Blood sample were collected from each patient and control member and were centrifuged ; the serum samples were kept at( -20 ºc) so as to measure the concentration of sodium, potassium and urea in them . It was found that there was a decrease in sodium concentration but an increase in potassium was concentration in an epileptic, while the urea level was normal. | ||
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