Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy Treated With Established and New Antiepileptic Drugs

Chen, Zhibin; J. Brodie, Martin; Liew, Danny; Kwan, Patrick

doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.3949

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Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy Treated With Established and New Antiepileptic Drugs

Published in JAMA Neurology • Dec 26, 2017

Authors:

Zhibin Chen

Martin J. Brodie

Danny Liew

Abstract

Importance: 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. Objecti...

Subject

Epilepsy

Medicine

Pediatrics

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