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October 2019 in “Epileptic disorders” A girl with Pitt-Hopkins syndrome developed curly hair as a rare side effect from the epilepsy drug perampanel.
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High insulin levels are more common and a better predictor of carbohydrate issues in women with PCOS than glucose tolerance tests.