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Monotherapy for partial epilepsy: focus on levetiracetam

Levetiracetam (LEV), the S-enantiomer of alpha-ethyl-2-oxo-1-pyrollidine acetamide, is a recently licensed antiepileptic drug (AED) for adjunctive therapy of partial seizures. Its mechanism of action is uncertain but it exhibits a unique profile of anticonvulsant activity in models of chronic epilep...

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Autores principales:	Gambardella, Antonio, Labate, Angelo, Colosimo, Eleonora, Ambrosio, Roberta, Quattrone, Aldo
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2008
Materias:	Expert Opinion
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2515905/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18728811

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