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Randomized trial supports use of levetiracetam adjunctive therapy to treat partial seizures in children

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The synopsis was written by Martina Habeck, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Harvard Medical School and Director of Epilepsy Research at Children's Hospital, Boston

    Frances E Jensen & Blaise FD Bourgeois

  2. Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology at Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA

    Frances E Jensen & Blaise FD Bourgeois

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Jensen, F., Bourgeois, B. Randomized trial supports use of levetiracetam adjunctive therapy to treat partial seizures in children. Nat Rev Neurol 2, 596–597 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0325

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