Status gelasticus associated with levetiracetam as add‐on treatment

ABSTRACT We report the case of a five‐year‐old girl, presenting with difficult‐to‐treat, symptomatic focal epilepsy, who developed status gelasticus following the introduction of levetiracetam as add‐on treatment to oxcarbazepine and diazepam. Gelastic seizures were documented by video‐EEG and were...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epileptic disorders 2007-06, Vol.9 (2), p.186-189
Hauptverfasser:	Pustorino, Giuseppina, Spano, Maria, Sgro, Domenica Lucia, Di Rosa, Gabriella, Tricomi, Giovanni, Bellantone, Dorotea, Tortorella, Gaetano
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anticonvulsants - adverse effects Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use Brain - pathology Child, Preschool children Electroencephalography - statistics & numerical data Epilepsies, Partial - drug therapy Epilepsies, Partial - pathology Female gelastic seizure Humans laughter Laughter - psychology levetiracetam Magnetic Resonance Imaging Piracetam - adverse effects Piracetam - analogs & derivatives Piracetam - therapeutic use Seizures - chemically induced Seizures - pathology Seizures - psychology status gelasticus Stereotyped Behavior - drug effects
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