Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01764516
Study on Serum Zinc and Selenium Levels in Epileptic Patients
Arak University of Medical Sciences , Ministry of Health and Education,I.R.Iran
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 40 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Arak University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 50 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This study was carried out with the purpose of evaluating zinc and selenium levels in serum of epileptic patients and compare with normal individuals.
Detailed description
Forty patients aged 18 to 50 years visiting Vali-Asr hospital in Arak, I.R. Iran, who were diagnosed with generalized form of epilepsy by a neurologist for the first time were recruited as cases. The control group (n=40) was selected from healthy individuals, in whom no disease was diagnosed until this study, and were matched to the case group by age, sex, and economical status.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-03-01
- Completion
- 2012-05-01
- First posted
- 2013-01-09
- Last updated
- 2013-01-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Iran
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01764516. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.