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keratokinase (medicine) and Anticonvulsant (health)


keratokinase (medicine)


keratokinase
<enzyme> Released by in vitro cultures of cornea similar in action to urokinase

Pharmacological action: plasminogen activators

Registry number: EC 3.4.99.-


Anticonvulsant (health)


A medication used to control (prevent) seizures (convulsions) or stop an ongoing series of seizures. There are a large number of anticonvulsant drugs today including, but not limited to: phenobarbital, phenytoin (Dilantin), carbamazepine, ethosuximide (Zarontin), clonazepam (Klonopin), diazepam (Valium), lorazepam (Ativan), and midazolam (Versed). Anticonvulsant drugs taken during Pregnancy put the baby at risk of major birth defects -- growth retardation, microcephaly (a small head) and deformities of the face and fingers -- a condition known as anticonvulsant embryopathy.