Modern possibilities of antiepileptic therapy at the start of treatment of focal epilepsy
Abstract
The report presents data on the evaluation of efficacy and tolerability, as well as the dynamics of epileptiform activity index in adolescents and adults with newly diagnosed focal epilepsy during lacosamide therapy.
About the Author
P. N. Vlasov
Yevdokimov Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pavel N. Vlasov – Dr. Med. Sc., Professor, Chair of Nervous Diseases
10 bld. 2 Vuchetich Str., Moscow 127206
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Vlasov P.N. Modern possibilities of antiepileptic therapy at the start of treatment of focal epilepsy. Epilepsy and paroxysmal conditions. 2021;13(1S):74-78. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17749/2077-8333/epi.par.con.2021.083
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