Lacosamide as add-on treatment of focal symptomatic epilepsy in a patient with alcoholic liver cirrhosis
The occurrence of epileptic seizures in the presence of hepatic disease is not uncommon in clinical practice. Selecting an appropriate AED for patients affected by liver failure who have new-onset epileptic seizures can be challenging. We describe a 64-year-old man affected by liver cirrhosis. The p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213323214000383 |