Open AccessTreatment Outcomes in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy Treated With Established and New Antiepileptic Drugs
Author(s) -
Zhibin Chen,
Martin J. Brodie,
Danny Liew,
Patrick Kwan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.298
H-Index - 231
eISSN - 2168-6157
pISSN - 2168-6149
DOI - 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.3949
Subject(s) - epilepsy , medicine , pediatrics , observational study , regimen , antiepileptic drug , cohort , retrospective cohort study , cohort study , psychiatry
A study published in 2000 showed that more than one-third of adults with epilepsy have inadequate control of seizures with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). This study evaluates overall treatment outcomes in light of the introduction of more than 1 dozen new AEDs in the past 2 decades.
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