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Hypersomnia in an Epilepsy Patient Treated with Levetiracetam
Author(s) -
Khatami Ramin,
Siegel Adrian M.,
Bassetti Claudio L.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.49104.x
Subject(s) - levetiracetam , epilepsy , medicine , psychology , pediatrics , psychiatry
Summary: We report a patient with focal epilepsy in whom increased sleep needs (hypersomnia) developed in the absence of subjective excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) during an add‐on treatment with levetiracetam (LEV).