Complex partial seizures: EEG foci and response to carbamazepine and sodium valproate. Issue 10 (October 1985)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gupta, A K; Jeavons, P M
• Is Part Of: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry. Volume 48:Issue 10(1985)
• Page Start: 1010
• Page End: 1014
• Publication Date: 1985-10
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.48.10.1010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3050

Abstract

Abstract : The EEG and clinical records were reviewed of 85 subjects who had been treated for complex partial seizures with carbamazepine alone or with a combination of carbamazepine and sodium valproate. There was a correlation between the site of the EEG abnormality and the therapeutic response to anticonvulsant therapy. Subjects who had a left sided temporal lobe EEG abnormality responded better to carbamazepine alone, while those who had an abnormality on the right responded to a combination of carbamazepine and sodium valproate.