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Levetiracetam-induced seizure aggravation associated with continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep in children with refractory epilepsies.
- Source :
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Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape [Epileptic Disord] 2010 Jun; Vol. 12 (2), pp. 146-50. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 May 20. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- We present a patient with cryptogenic focal epilepsy and another with Dravet syndrome, who experienced seizure aggravation and negative myoclonus, associated with continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep, induced by levetiracetam. For both patients levetiracetam was discontinued, and there was significant improvement of this particular electroclinical picture.
- Subjects :
- Anticonvulsants therapeutic use
Child
Drug Therapy, Combination
Epilepsies, Myoclonic chemically induced
Epilepsies, Myoclonic diagnosis
Epilepsies, Partial diagnosis
Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic diagnosis
Evoked Potentials drug effects
Female
Humans
Levetiracetam
Male
Piracetam adverse effects
Piracetam therapeutic use
Seizures diagnosis
Syndrome
Anticonvulsants adverse effects
Electroencephalography drug effects
Epilepsies, Partial chemically induced
Epilepsies, Partial drug therapy
Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic chemically induced
Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic drug therapy
Piracetam analogs & derivatives
Seizures chemically induced
Sleep drug effects
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1294-9361
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20483715
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1684/epd.2010.0305