Clonazepam monotherapy for epilepsy in childhood.

Abstract:

:Sixty patients (age-range one month to 14 years) with other types of epilepsy than infantile spasms were treated with clonazepam. Disappearance of seizures and normalization of abnormal EEG with disappearance of seizures were recognized in 77% and 50%, respectively. Seizures disappeared in 71% of the patients with generalized seizures and 89% of partial seizures. Improvement of abnormal EEG was noticed in 76% of diffuse paroxysms and in 67% of focal paroxysms. In excellent cases, mean effective dosages were 0.086 +/- 0.021 mg/kg/day in infants and 0.057 +/- 0.022 mg/kg/day in schoolchildren, this difference was statistically significant (p less than 0.005). The incidence of side effects such as drowsiness and ataxia was only 5%.

journal_name

Brain Dev

journal_title

Brain & development

authors

Ishikawa A,Sakuma N,Nagashima T,Kohsaka S,Kajii N

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1985-01-01 00:00:00

pages

610-3

issue

6

eissn

0387-7604

issn

1872-7131

pii

S0387-7604(85)80009-7

journal_volume

7

pub_type

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