Trial of Cannabidiol for Drug-Resistant Seizures in the Dravet Syndrome
Author(s) -
Orrin Devinsky,
J. Helen Cross,
Linda Laux,
Eric D. Marsh,
Ian Miller,
Rima Nabbout,
Ingrid E. Scheffer,
Elizabeth A. Thiele,
Stephen Wright
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1611618
Subject(s) - cannabidiol , dravet syndrome , medicine , placebo , anesthesia , epilepsy , confidence interval , odds ratio , lennox–gastaut syndrome , pediatrics , cannabis , psychiatry , alternative medicine , pathology
The Dravet syndrome is a complex childhood epilepsy disorder that is associated with drug-resistant seizures and a high mortality rate. We studied cannabidiol for the treatment of drug-resistant seizures in the Dravet syndrome.
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