A randomized, double‐blind comparison of antiepileptic drug treatment in the elderly with new‐onset focal epilepsy

J. Werhahn, Konrad; Trinka, Eugen; Dobesberger, Judith; Unterberger, Iris; Baum, Petra; Deckert‐Schmitz, Maria; Knieß, Tobias; Schmitz, Bettina; Bernedo, Viviane; Ruckes, Christian; Ehrlich, Anne; Krämer, Günter

doi:10.1111/epi.12926

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A randomized, double‐blind comparison of antiepileptic drug treatment in the elderly with new‐onset focal epilepsy

Published in Epilepsia • Feb 12, 2015

Authors:

Konrad J. Werhahn

Eugen Trinka

Judith Dobesberger

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of controlled-released carbamazepine (CR-CBZ) to levetiracetam (LEV) and to lamotrigine (LTG) in elderly patients with newly diagnosed focal epilepsy. METHODS: Randomized, double-blind, parallel-group trial conducted between January 2007 and August 2011, in 47...

Subject

Medicine

Tolerability

Carbamazepine

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