We report our experience with lamotrigine add-on therapy in the treatment of 11 patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Lamotrigine is a novel antiepileptic drug, chemically unrelated to the major anticonvulsants in current use. Ten patients experienced a > 50% reduction in seizure frequency, 1 patient experienced no change in seizure frequency. All patients tolerated lamotrigine satisfactorily and no side-effects were reported.
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IRCCS Ist Giannina Gaslini, Paediat Neurol & Muscular Dis Unit, Genoa, Italy
Univ Genoa, Dept Neurosci Rehabil Ophthalmol Genet Maternal &, Genoa, ItalyIRCCS Ist Giannina Gaslini, Paediat Neurol & Muscular Dis Unit, Genoa, Italy
Riva, Antonella
Coppola, Antonietta
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Federico II Univ Naples, Dept Neurosci Reprod & Odontostomatol Sci, Naples, ItalyIRCCS Ist Giannina Gaslini, Paediat Neurol & Muscular Dis Unit, Genoa, Italy
Coppola, Antonietta
Di Bonaventura, Carlo
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Sapienza Univ, Policlin Umberto Hosp 1, Dept Human Neurosci, Epilepsy Unit, Rome, ItalyIRCCS Ist Giannina Gaslini, Paediat Neurol & Muscular Dis Unit, Genoa, Italy
Di Bonaventura, Carlo
Elia, Maurizio
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Oasi Res Inst IRCCS, Unit Neurol & Clin Neurophysiopathol, Troina, EN, ItalyIRCCS Ist Giannina Gaslini, Paediat Neurol & Muscular Dis Unit, Genoa, Italy
Elia, Maurizio
Ferlazzo, Edoardo
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Great Metropolitan Bianchi Melacrino Morelli Hosp, Reg Epilepsy Ctr, Reggio Di Calabria, Italy
Magna Grcecia Univ, Dept Med & Surg Sci, Catanzaro, ItalyIRCCS Ist Giannina Gaslini, Paediat Neurol & Muscular Dis Unit, Genoa, Italy
Ferlazzo, Edoardo
Gobbi, Giuseppe
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Residential Ctr Rehabil Luce Sul Mare, Rimini, ItalyIRCCS Ist Giannina Gaslini, Paediat Neurol & Muscular Dis Unit, Genoa, Italy
Gobbi, Giuseppe
Marini, Carla
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United Hosp Ancona, Salesi Pediat Hosp, Child Neurol & Psychiat Unit, Ancona, ItalyIRCCS Ist Giannina Gaslini, Paediat Neurol & Muscular Dis Unit, Genoa, Italy