Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Jun 2014)

Ethosuximide vs Valproate Long-term Remission of Absence Epilepsy

  • J Gordon Millichap,
  • John J Millichap

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-28-6-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 6
pp. 43 – 44

Abstract

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Investigators from the Epilepsy Center, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, examined the possible association between long-term seizure outcome of childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) and the initial treatment with ethosuximide (ESM) or valproic acid (VPA).

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