diphenylhydantoin/diarrhea

Phenytoin (diphenylhydantoin) was used in doses of 300 mg/24 hours to treat severe motor diarrhoea in 5 diabetic patients. The patients had been insulin-dependent for 2 to 17 years and had advanced neuropathy. In each case, malabsorption, lesions of the colon or small bowel, endocrine tumour or

With the purpose of analyzing the evolution in weight before and after treatment of megaloblastic anemia with folic acid, we studied the clinical changes and the evolution in weight in 8 malnourished children who developed this type of anemia during their recovery. Seven out of the 8 cases were less

A transient dermatologic abnormality which gave a histologic picture compatible with malignant lymphoma is described. The clinical manifestations included diarrhea, hepatosplenomegaly, moderate lymph node enlargement without histopathological changes and evidence of involvement of the

Diabetic neuropathy in some form or other afflicts a majority of patients with diabetes mellitus. Neuropathic disturbance of sensory, motor or autonomic nerves may occur singly or in combination. Cranial nerve and other mononeuropathies generally resolve spontaneously. Autonomic neuropathy which can