Putting a Band-Aid on a Broken Leg: Antiseizure Medications Are Inferior to Immune Therapies in Autoimmune Epilepsy.

CONCLUSION: Epilepsy after resolved encephalitis was rare in our cohort of patients with AIE treated with immunotherapy. In addition, seizure freedom is achieved faster and more frequently after immunotherapy. Therefore, AEDs should be considered as add-on treatment, and similar to treatment of other encephalitis symptoms, immunotherapy is crucial. PMID: 31436112 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Epilepsy Curr - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Epilepsy Curr Source Type: research