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Antiepileptic drug effects on mood and behavior: molecular targetsPiero Perucca
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Epilepsy Behav 26:440-9. 2013..In this article, we review positive and negative effects of AEDs on mood and behavior, discuss putative underlying mechanisms, and highlight knowledge gaps which should be addressed in future studies...
Response to first antiepileptic drug trial predicts health outcome in epilepsyPiero Perucca
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Epilepsia 52:2209-15. 2011..Failure to respond to the initial antiepileptic drug (AED) is a predictor of increased risk of pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Whether response to the first AED also predicts adverse health outcomes is unknown...
Adverse antiepileptic drug effects: toward a clinically and neurobiologically relevant taxonomyPiero Perucca
Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Neurology 72:1223-9. 2009..This study aimed to define specific patterns of AE occurrence and determine their clinical relevance based on their association with subjective health status...
Adverse antiepileptic drug effects in new-onset seizures: a case-control studyP Perucca
Institute of Neurology IRCCS C Mondino Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Neurology 76:273-9. 2011..This study quantified the extent to which AE reporting in people with new-onset seizures started on AEDs is attributable to the medication per se, and investigated variables contributing to AE reporting...
Epilepsy treatment as a predeterminant of psychosocial ill healthPiero Perucca
Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Epilepsy Behav 15:S46-50. 2009..Existing deficiencies in the available published research present challenges and opportunities to perform further investigations to define and improve best clinical practices in epilepsy care...
Adverse effects of antiepileptic drugsPiero Perucca
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Lancet Neurol 11:792-802. 2012..Overall, these advances have expanded the opportunities to tailor treatment with antiepileptic drugs, to enhance effectiveness and minimise the risk of toxic effects...
Changes in sex steroid levels in women with epilepsy on treatment: relationship with antiepileptic therapies and seizure frequencyCarlo Andrea Galimberti
Epilepsy Centre, IRCCS C Mondino Institute of Neurology Foundation, Pavia, Italy
Epilepsia 50:28-32. 2009..The present study was aimed at evaluating, in these same women, the possible relationship between some clinical parameters, seizure frequency, AED therapies, and sex hormone levels...
Migralepsy: a call for a revision of the definitionGrazia Sances
Headache Unit, IRCCS C Mondino Institute of Neurology Foundation, Pavia, Italy
Epilepsia 50:2487-96. 2009....
