Advance on synthesis, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of the anti-epileptic drug: Levetiracetam [PDF]
Over the past few decades, many patients around the world have suffered from epilepsy, and epilepsy treatment is a long-term process. Thus, the safety and efficacy of medication for epilepsy are of equal importance.
Wang Wei
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Role of the Calcium Plateau in the Neuronal Injury and Behavioral Morbidities Following Organophosphate Intoxication [PDF]
Organophosphate (OP) chemicals include nerve agents and pesticides, and there is a growing concern of OP based chemical attacks against civilians. Current antidotes are essential in limiting immediate mortality associated with OP exposure.
Battaglia F.P. +8 more
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Hallucination: A rare complication of levetiracetam theraphy
Levetiracetam is a new antiepileptic drug. In addition to epilepsy, it is also used for treating anxiety disorders and dystonia as well as tardive dyskinesia associated with the use of levodopa and neuroleptic drugs.
Seher Erdogan, Mehmet Bosnak
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Background: Levetiracetam (Keppra®, UCB Pharma Ltd, Slough, UK) and zonisamide (Zonegran®, Eisai Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan) are licensed as monotherapy for focal epilepsy, and levetiracetam is increasingly used as a first-line treatment for generalised ...
Anthony G Marson +18 more
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Imaging characteristics and treatment of a penetrating brain injury caused by an oropharyngeal foreign body in a dog [PDF]
A 4-year-old Border collie was presented with one episode of collapse, altered mentation, and a suspected pharyngeal stick injury. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography showed a linear foreign body penetrating the right oropharynx ...
Baroni M. +15 more
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Add-on Levetiracetam in Children With Refractory Epilepsy: A Systematic Review
Context Recently, new anti-epileptic drugs are marketed to be used as an add-on to the traditional drugs in children with refractory epilepsy.
Ali Abbaskhanian, Soheila Shahmohammadi
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Stability of levetiracetam oral solution repackaged in oral plastic syringes [PDF]
Purpose The long-term stability of levetiracetam solution in oral syringes was investigated in order to define a suitable beyond-use date and demonstrate the feasibility of storing prepared syringes for extended periods as an alternative to commercial ...
Hughes, Susan +2 more
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Suppression of Myoclonus in Corticobasal Degeneration by Levetiracetam [PDF]
Myoclonus in corticobasal degeneration (CBD) has often been associated with severe and difficult to treat disabilities. Levetiracetam is a new antiepileptic agent with antimyoclonic effects. Herein, we present a 72-year-old woman with clinically probable
Jae Wook Cho, Jae Hyeok Lee
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On the role of the corpus callosum in interhemispheric functional connectivity in humans [PDF]
Resting state functional connectivity is defined in terms of temporal correlations between physiologic signals, most commonly studied using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Major features of functional connectivity correspond to structural (axonal)
Hacker, Carl D. +8 more
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Epilepsy is a neurological seizure disorder that affects over 100 million people worldwide. Levetiracetam, either alone, as monotherapy, or as adjunctive treatment, is widely used to control certain types of seizures. Despite its increasing popularity as
Susannah K Rogers +11 more
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