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Michela Tinelli M; Aine Roddy; Martin Knapp; Celso Arango; Maria Andreina Mendez; James Cusack; Declan Murphy; Roberto Canitano; Bethany Oakley; Vinciane Quoidbach – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
We examine the cost-effectiveness of treating epilepsy with anti-epileptic medicines in autistic children, looking at impacts on healthcare providers (in England, Ireland, Italy and Spain) and children's families (in Ireland). We find carbamazepine to be the most cost-effective drug to try first in children with newly diagnosed focal seizures. For…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Epilepsy, Pharmacology
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Verrotti, Alberto; Cerminara, Caterina; Domizio, Sergio; Mohn, Angelika; Franzoni, Emilio; Coppola, Giangennaro; Zamponi, Nelia; Parisi, Pasquale; Iannetti, Paola; Curatolo, Paolo – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2008
The aim of the study was to assess the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of levetiracetam therapy in children and adolescents with absence epilepsy. Twenty-one participants (11 male, 10 female) with typical absence seizures were enrolled in this prospective study from seven centres in Italy. The mean age and age range at time of enrolment into…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Seizures, Drug Therapy, Children