Comparative Efficacy of Pharmacological Treatment of Absence Epilepsy with Typical and Deviating (Complex) EEG Patterns

• Published in: Нейрофизиология
• Date: 2016
• Main Authors: Maloletnev, V.I., Gugushvili, M.L., Khachidze, I.O.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут фізіології ім. О.О. Богомольця НАН України 2016
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/148346
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Comparative Efficacy of Pharmacological Treatment of Absence Epilepsy with Typical and Deviating (Complex) EEG Patterns / V.I. Maloletnev, M.L. Gugushvili, I.O. Khachidze // Нейрофизиология. — 2016. — Т. 48, № 2. — С. 134-141. — Бібліогр.: 31 назв. — англ.

In a group of 96 children and teenagers suffering from absence epilepsy, we compared the efficacy of treatment with a valproic acid derivative, Depakin (D). In 72 patients of group 1, EEGs contained bursts of typical absence seizure phenomena, generalized 3–4 Hz spike/wave complexes, SWCs. In 24...