Polytherapy as first-line in status epilepticus: should we change our practice? "Time is brain"!

Affiliations

¹ R. Madhavan Nayar Center for Comprehensive Epilepsy Care (RMNC), Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Comment

Ashalatha Radhakrishnan. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;4(24):544.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.11.37.

¹ R. Madhavan Nayar Center for Comprehensive Epilepsy Care (RMNC), Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

Prehospital treatment with levetiracetam plus clonazepam or placebo plus clonazepam in status epilepticus (SAMUKeppra): a randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial.
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