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- Published on: 22 March 2016
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- Published on: 22 March 2016Re: Use of Carbamazepine in the Treatment of Childhood Rolandic EpilepsyShow More
Thanks to Moran and colleagues for pointing out another controversy surrounding the use of carbamazepine in idiopathic focal epilepsy. There has been concern, voiced mainly in paediatric neurology forums, of worsening of seizures (e.g. myoclonus) or of the development of electrical status epilepticus on the EEG in this situation. The risk is highlighted by the case reports cited in their letter, but this risk might not be...
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None declared. - Published on: 22 March 2016Use of Carbamazepine in the Treatment of Childhood Rolandic EpilepsyShow More
Authors Maria Moran1, Nikolina Docheva2, William Whitehouse 1,2 1. Nottingham Children's Hospital, 2. University of Nottingham
We were interested to read the article by Mellish et al.(1) which reports preference for carbamazepine first line for UK paediatricians treating Benign Rolandic Epilepsy (also known as Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes), perhaps better called Childhood Rolandic Epilepsy (CRE), a...
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