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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2021

Efficacy of Lacosamide in a Patient with Refractory Generalized Epilepsy Based on Video Electroencephalography.

Hidetada Yamada, Shuichiro Neshige, Takeo Shishido, Hiroki Ueno, Tomohiko Ohshita, Hiroyuki Morino, Hirofumi Maruyama

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 45% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hidetada YamadaDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Japan.
Shuichiro NeshigeDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Japan.
Takeo ShishidoDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Japan.
Hiroki UenoDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Japan.
Tomohiko OhshitaDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Japan.
Hiroyuki MorinoDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Japan.
Hirofumi MaruyamaDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Japan.
Hiroshima University · JPHiroshima University Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 20-year-old man with drug-resistant generalized epilepsy (GE) was admitted for video electroencephalography (vEEG) monitoring under treatment with multiple antiepileptic drugs, including levetiracetam (3,000 mg/day), valproic acid (800 mg/day), and lacosamide (LCM) (100 mg/day). No seizures were noted after the withdrawal of levetiracetam. However, after the withdrawal of LCM, atypical absence seizures with a 2- to 2.5-Hz generalized spike and wave complex frequently appeared, followed by subsequent generalized-onset tonic-clonic seizures. After re-administration of LCM, the seizures and epileptic discharges clearly disappeared. Subsequent LCM titration was successful in achieving a seizure-free status. Our vEEG results suggest that LCM may be a worthwhile antiepileptic drug adjunct in refractory GE patients without a risk of worsening absence seizures.

Indexed as

Epilepsy, GeneralizedAdultAnticonvulsantsElectroencephalographyHumansLacosamideMaleSeizuresYoung AdultAnticonvulsantsLacosamideantiepileptic druggeneralized seizuregeneralized spike and wave complexictal EEGidiopathic generalized epilepsy

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PMID34053987
PMCPMC8666217
OpenAlexW3164995457

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