Cognitive Function During Oxcarbazepine Treatment for Partial Seizures

Abstract

The effect of oxcarbazepine compared to standard antiepileptic drug therapy (carbamazepine and valproate) on cognitive function in 112 children and adolescents (ages 6 to 16 years) with newly diagnosed partial seizures was investigated in a multicenter, open-label, randomized, active-control group study at University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland; University of Maastricht, The Netherlands; and other European centers.

Keywords

• oxcarbazepine
• computerized visual searching task
• carbamazepine