Levetiracetam Add-On Therapy for Rolandic and Other Benign Idiopathic Focal Epilepsies

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-3-5

Levetiracetam Add-On Therapy for Rolandic and Other Benign Idiopathic Focal Epilepsies

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 24 (2010): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 2010

Abstract

Effectiveness of levetiracetam (LEV) in treatment of typical benign rolandic epilepsy and variants of benign idiopathic focal epilepsies was studied in 32 children (mean age 10.6 years, range 4-14) by researchers at Epilepsy Centre for Children and Young People, Vogtareuth, Germany.

References

von Stülpnagel C Kluger G Leiz S Holthausen H Levetiracetam as add-on therapy in different subgroups of “benign” idiopathic focal epilepsies in childhood Epilepsy Behav 2010 Feb 17 2 193 198 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.10.024 20045383
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Deonna T Rolandic epilepsy: neuropsychology of the active epilepsy phase Epileptic Disord 2000 2 Suppl 1 S59 61 11231227
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Nicolai J Aldenkamp AP Arends J Weber JW Vles JS Cognitive and behavioral effects of nocturnal epileptiform discharges in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes Epilepsy Behav 2006 Feb 8 1 56 70 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.08.016 16263335
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Yung AW Park YD Cohen MJ Garrison TN Cognitive and behavioral problems in children with centrotemporal spikes Pediatr Neurol 2000 Nov 23 5 391 395 11118793
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Schubert R Attention deficit disorder and epilepsy Pediatr Neurol 2005 Jan 32 1 1 10 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.06.007 15607597
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Mintz M Legoff D Scornaienchi J Brown M Levin-Allen S Mintz P The underrecognized epilepsy spectrum: the effects of levetiracetam on neuropsychological functioning in relation to subclinical spike production J Child Neurol 2009 Jul 24 7 807 815 10.1177/0883073808330762 19189934
Open DOI Search in Google Scholar Back to article

Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-24-3-5 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

Journal RSS Feed

Language: English

Page range: 20 - 21

Published on: Mar 1, 2010

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Levetiracetam,

Benign Idiopathic Focal Epileptiform Discharges,

Epileptiform Discharges

© 2010 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 24 (2010): Issue 3