Ethosuximide vs Valproate Long-term Remission of Absence Epilepsy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-6-3

Ethosuximide vs Valproate Long-term Remission of Absence Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 28 (2014): Issue 6

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Jun 2014

Abstract

Investigators from the Epilepsy Center, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, examined the possible association between long-term seizure outcome of childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) and the initial treatment with ethosuximide (ESM) or valproic acid (VPA).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-6-3 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 43 - 44

Published on: Jun 1, 2014

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Childhood Absence Epilepsy

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