Putting a Band-Aid on a Broken Leg: Antiseizure Medications Are Inferior to Immune Therapies in Autoimmune Epilepsy

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Nicolas Gaspard. Epilepsy Curr. 2019 Sep.

. 2019 Sep;19(5):302-304.

doi: 10.1177/1535759719868690. Epub 2019 Aug 22.

Abstract

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Evaluation of seizure treatment in anti-LGI1, anti-NMDAR, and anti-GABA_BR encephalitis.
de Bruijn MAAM, van Sonderen A, van Coevorden-Hameete MH, Bastiaansen AEM, Schreurs MWJ, Rouhl RPW, van Donselaar CA, Majoie MHJM, Neuteboom RF, Sillevis Smitt PAE, Thijs RD, Titulaer MJ. de Bruijn MAAM, et al. Neurology. 2019 May 7;92(19):e2185-e2196. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007475. Epub 2019 Apr 12. Neurology. 2019. PMID: 30979857 Free PMC article.

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