Current Treatment of Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy: Clinical Experience at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Kilaru, S., et al. - Myoclonic astatic epilepsy (MAE) is a generalized epilepsy of early childhood. Little is known about the use of newer antiepileptic treatments (AET) in MAE. The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics, treatment, and outcome of a contemporary MAE cohort exposed to the new generation AET...Conclusions: The new generation of AET may offer significant benefit to children with MAE. The KD was the most effective AET in this series, and perhaps should be considered earlier in treatment [more...]
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