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Treating Status Epilepticus: Phenytoin Versus Levetiracetam

For decades, phenytoin has been the drug of choice for the treatment of epilepsy but also the second-line treatment for status epilepticus (SE). However, newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have emerged as safer alternatives for the suppression of seizures. Consequently, phenytoin has recently fallen u...

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Autores principales: Dell'Aquila, Jason, Soti, Varun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8492029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34659919
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18515