Title of article
Combined Leucopenia and Thrombocytopenia Are Possibly Adverse Events of Lamotrigine
Author/Authors
EBRAHIMI, HOSSEIN ALI Clinical Neurosciences Research Center - Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran , ZAHEDI, MOHAMMAD JAVAD Department of Gastroenterology - Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Pages
2
From page
35
To page
36
Abstract
Hematological side effects are rare with lamotrigine. We report two cases (two men; 46 years old and 65
years old) with epilepsy that developed combined leucopenia and thrombocytopenia after receiving low
dose lamotrigine for a time. Three weeks after discontinuing lamotrigine, all of the hematological
abnormalities disappeared. We suggest that combined leucopenia and thrombocytopenia is one of the
side effects of lamotrigine that must be considered.
Keywords
Lamotrigine , Epilepsy , Hematological side effects , Leucopenia , Thrombocytopenia , Combined leucopenia , thrombocytopenia
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
2010
Record number
2421536
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