Phenytoin-induced increase in growth hormone response to levodopa in adult males.
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Growth hormone and prolactin response to levodopa were evaluated before and after long-term phenytoin treatment in five men with previously untreated partial epilepsy. After phenytoin treatment, growth hormone response to levodopa increased. There was a close relationship between growth hormone response to levodopa and plasma phenytoin concentrations. These findings suggest a phenytoin-induced dopaminergic activity at the hypothalamic-pituitary level in adult males.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
دوره 47 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1984