RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Association of low blood manganese concentrations with epilepsy JF Neurology JO Neurology FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins SP 1584 OP 1584 DO 10.1212/WNL.36.12.1584 VO 36 IS 12 A1 Carl, G. F. A1 Keen, C. L. A1 Gallagher, B. B. A1 Clegg, M. S. A1 Littleton, W. H. A1 Flannery, D. B. A1 Hurley, L. S. YR 1986 UL http://n.neurology.org/content/36/12/1584.abstract 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.