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UCB Announces Positive Results From Phase II Clinical Trial of ...  -  Dec 3, 2007
Earthtimes,In patients 6 years of age and older experiencing PGTC seizures with idiopathic generalized epilepsy, the most common adverse event associated with

UCB Announces Positive Phase III Trial Results for Keppra XR(TM ...  -  Dec 3, 2007
Earthtimes,In patients 6 years of age and older with idiopathic generalized epilepsy, the most common adverse event associated with Keppra(R) in combination with other

Reports Of Seizure Frequency May Be Inaccurate In Patients With ...  -  27 Nov 2007
Science Daily (press release)Patients with generalized epilepsy or a history of pseudoseizures were excluded from the study. Patients experienced a total of 582 partial seizures during

levetiracetam effective in idiopathic generalized epilepsy  -  Nov 21, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),..."there are few established agents effective in idiopathic generalized epilepsy," dr. sf berkovic from university of melbourne, west heidelberg, victoria,

Chief Justice Has High Risk for Repeat Seizures, Specialists Say  -  Jul 31, 2007
MedPage Today,...led by Dr. French, noted that there was insufficient evidence to determine effectiveness in newly diagnosed primary or secondary generalized epilepsy.

Experts Split on Whether Chief Justice Roberts Has Epilepsy  -  Jul 31, 2007
Forbes,..."It sounds to me he does have idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome, which means that he has susceptibility to seizures under certain circumstances," he

Diagnosing Dostoyevsky's epilepsy  -  Jul 4, 2007
ScienceBlogsIt is always followed by loss of consciousness, and is characteristic of temporal lobe epilepsy, which is rarer than generalized epilepsy.

Levetiracetam as Add-On Therapy in Treatment-Resistant Generalised ...  -  Jun 20, 2007
DG NewsEight of the patients had symptomatic generalized epilepsy (SGE) and four patients had primary generalized epilepsy (PGE). Patients received LEV (up to 3000

Spectroscopy Evidence of Diffuse Brain Abnormalities in Patients ...  -  Jun 14, 2007
AJNR (subscription),It has long been believed that patients with generalized epilepsy show no findings on imaging studies. While that may be true of MR imaging, MR spectroscopy

Drs. Laumonnier, Le Guennec, Roger, and Briault Reply  -  May 31, 2007
Am J Psychiatry (subscription)With the report that an increased BK Ca activity associated with generalized epilepsy causes a higher neuronal activity, we feel that this data may provide

Phase III Results For Keppra® As Adjunctive Therapy For Partial ...  -  Apr 24, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),In patients 6 years of age and older with idiopathic generalized epilepsy experiencing primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures, the most common adverse

First Time May Be Charm for Anti-Epileptic Drugs  -  Feb 5, 2007
MedPage Today,...had pseudoseizures, seizures occurring only in clusters, or clinical or electroencephalographic findings suggestive of idiopathic generalized epilepsy.

International Approvals: Keppra, NeoRecormon, Wellbutrin XR  -  Jan 19, 2007
Medscape (subscription)...adjunctive treatment of primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures in patients aged 12 years and older with refractory idiopathic generalized epilepsy,

More European Patients With Epilepsy To Benefit From Keppra(reg)  -  Jan 20, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...adolescents and a limited number of children) experiencing refractory idiopathic generalized epilepsy with >=3 PGTC seizures over an eight week baseline

Fighting back to the top  -  Dec 21, 2006
Salt Lake Tribune,...days. When it does, he's reminded that he almost lost everything when he suffered what is called a primary generalized epilepsy. ...

CHMP Adopts Positive Opinion Recommending Approval of Keppra(R) ...  -  Nov 23, 2006
DG NewsEfficacy and safety of levetiracetam as adjunctive treatment in adult and paediatric patients suffering from idiopathic generalized epilepsy with primary ...

Peterson, London hope to teach others  -  Nov 27, 2006
Monmouth Daily Review Atlas,Mitch had his first grand mal seizure at the age of fourteen, was diagnosed at the age of 16 with intractable primary idiopathic generalized epilepsy. ...

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