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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023

Epilepsy in Dravet Syndrome-Current and Future Therapeutic Opportunities.

Chao Gao, Mikolaj Pielas, Fuyong Jiao, Daoqi Mei, Xiaona Wang, Katarzyna Kotulska, Sergiusz Jozwiak

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chao GaoDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450018, China.
Mikolaj PielasDepartment of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0009-0008-0094-2934
Fuyong JiaoChildren's Hospital, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an 710068, China.
Daoqi MeiDepartment of Neurology, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450018, China.
Xiaona WangHenan Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450018, China.
Katarzyna KotulskaDepartment of Neurology and Epileptology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland.
Sergiusz JozwiakResearch Department, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3350-6326
Children's Memorial Health Institute · PLZhengzhou University · CNShanxi Medical University · CN

Funding

International Cooperation Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China G2021026025LNational Agency of Academic Exchange PPN/BCN/2019/1/00066/U/00001Open Project of Henan Clinical Medical Research Center of Childhood Diseases YJZX202205Special Key Project of Henan Province Traditional Chinese Medicine Scientific Research 20-21ZY1072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dravet Syndrome (DS) is a developmental epileptic encephalopathy characterized by drug-resistant seizures and other clinical features, including intellectual disability and behavioral, sleep, and gait problems. The pathogenesis is strongly connected to voltage-gated sodium channel dysfunction. The current consensus of seizure management in DS consists of a combination of conventional and recently approved drugs such as stiripentol, cannabidiol, and fenfluramine. Despite promising results in randomized clinical trials and extension studies, the prognosis of the developmental outcomes of patients with DS remains unfavorable. The article summarizes recent changes in the therapeutic approach to DS and discusses ongoing clinical research directions. Serotonergic agents under investigation show promising results and may replace less DS-specific medicines. The use of antisense nucleotides and gene therapy is focused not only on symptom relief but primarily addresses the underlying cause of the syndrome. Novel compounds, after expected safe and successful implementation in clinical practice, will open a new era for patients with DS. The main goal of causative treatment is to modify the natural course of the disease and provide the best neurodevelopmental outcome with minimum neurological deficit.

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Dravet syndromeefficacy and safetyepilepsynovel therapeutic agentstherapeutic recommendations

Identifiers

PMID37048615
PMCPMC10094968
OpenAlexW4361225316

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