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Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2015 Jul;29(7):51. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-7-2.

Neuropsychological Effects of Anticonvulsants.

Pediatric neurology briefs

Lindsey Morgan, Alexandra Shaw

Affiliations

  1. Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

PMID: 26933589 PMCID: PMC4747293 DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-7-2

Abstract

Investigators from 7 centers in Korea conducted a prospective, multicenter study with patients randomized into two open-label, parallel groups and treated with either levetiracetam (LVT) or carbamazepine (CBZ) monotherapy for newly diagnosed focal epilepsy.

Keywords: Carbamazepine; Cognitive Effects; Epilepsy; Levetiracetam; Neuropsychological

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