PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Carl, G. F.
AU  - Keen, C. L.
AU  - Gallagher, B. B.
AU  - Clegg, M. S.
AU  - Littleton, W. H.
AU  - Flannery, D. B.
AU  - Hurley, L. S.
TI  - Association of low blood manganese concentrations with epilepsy
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.36.12.1584
DP  - 1986 Dec 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 1584--1584
VI  - 36
IP  - 12
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/36/12/1584.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/36/12/1584.full
SO  - Neurology1986 Dec 01; 36
AB  - A comparison of hospitalized epileptic patients with matched normals showed that the mean whole blood manganese (Mn) G concentration of the epileptic population was significantly lower than the mean of the normal population. The whole blood Mn concentration in the epileptics did not correlate either with seizure frequency or with anticonvulsant therapy. It was observed, however, that patients whose epilepsy was a result of trauma had significantly higher blood Mn concentrations than patients whose history was negative for trauma.