Epilepsy Drug Causes Bone Loss In Young Women, Study Shows
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:55
in Health & Medicine
Young women who took the commonly used epilepsy drug phenytoin for one year showed significant bone loss compared to women taking other epilepsy drugs, according to a new study in Neurology.
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