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ethosuximide and Drug Refractory Epilepsy

ethosuximide has been researched along with Drug Refractory Epilepsy in 1 studies

Ethosuximide: An anticonvulsant especially useful in the treatment of absence seizures unaccompanied by other types of seizures.
ethosuximide : A dicarboximide that is pyrrolidine-2,5-dione in which the hydrogens at position 3 are substituted by one methyl and one ethyl group. An antiepileptic, it is used in the treatment of absence seizures and may be used for myoclonic seizures, but is ineffective against tonic-clonic seizures.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" The point estimates of carbamazepine and lamotrigine efficacy showed their superiority with respect to all comparator antiepileptic drugs for the treatment of newly diagnosed focal epilepsy."4.98Comparative efficacy of antiepileptic drugs in children and adolescents: A network meta-analysis. ( Crescioli, G; De Masi, S; Guerrini, R; Ilvento, L; Lucenteforte, E; McGreevy, KS; Mugelli, A; Pugi, A; Rosati, A; Virgili, G, 2018)

Research

Studies (1)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's1 (100.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Rosati, A1
Ilvento, L1
Lucenteforte, E1
Pugi, A1
Crescioli, G1
McGreevy, KS1
Virgili, G1
Mugelli, A1
De Masi, S1
Guerrini, R1

Reviews

1 review available for ethosuximide and Drug Refractory Epilepsy

ArticleYear
Comparative efficacy of antiepileptic drugs in children and adolescents: A network meta-analysis.
    Epilepsia, 2018, Volume: 59, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; Anticonvulsants; Carbamazepine; Ch

2018