The efficacy, tolerability and safety of levetiracetam therapy in a pediatric population

The efficacy, tolerability and safety of levetiracetam therapy in a pediatric population

Highlights • Levetiracetam is safe and effective as an initial monotherapy in childhood epileptic disorders, especially idiopathic epilepsy. • The efficacy of levetiracetam was independent of the seizure semiology, gender, and age. • The efficacy of levetiracetam was similar at the 3rd and 12th mont...

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Veröffentlicht in:Seizure (London, England) England), 2016-03, Vol.36, p.16-21
Hauptverfasser: Tekgül, Hasan, Gencpinar, Pinar, Çavuşoğlu, Dilek, Dündar, Nihal Olgaç
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Databases, Factual - statistics & numerical data
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - classification
Epilepsy - drug therapy
Female
Humans
Infant
Levetiracetam
Male
Neurology
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Piracetam - analogs & derivatives
Piracetam - therapeutic use
Retention rate
Retrospective Studies
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Levetiracetam is safe and effective as an initial monotherapy in childhood epileptic disorders, especially idiopathic epilepsy. • The efficacy of levetiracetam was independent of the seizure semiology, gender, and age. • The efficacy of levetiracetam was similar at the 3rd and 12th months of treatment.
ISSN:1059-1311
1532-2688
DOI:10.1016/j.seizure.2016.01.017