Epileptic Disorders
MENULevetiracetam-induced seizure aggravation associated with continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep in children with refractory epilepsies Volume 12, issue 2, June 2010
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Hospital de Pediatría “Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Key words: aggravation, continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep, Dravet syndrome, negative myoclonus, levetiracetam
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2010.0305
- Page(s) : 146-50
- Published in: 2010
We present a patient with cryptogenic focal epilepsy and another with Dravet syndrome, who experienced seizure aggravation and negative myoclonus, associated with continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep, induced by levetiracetam. For both patients levetiracetam was discontinued, and there was significant improvement of this particular electroclinical picture.