Satoru Ikemoto, Shin-Ichiro Hamano, Yuko Hirata, Ryuki Matsuura, Reiko Koichihara
We retrospectively investigated whether perampanel (PER) could serve as an alternative for treating drug-resistant seizures in lissencephaly. We investigated the following data: age at onset of epilepsy, age at start of PER, etiology, brain MRI findings, seizure type, seizure frequency, adverse effects, and concomitant anti-epileptic drugs. There were 5 patients with lissencephaly, including 2 with Miller-Dieker syndrome. Four out of five patients exhibited ≥ 50% seizure reduction. Myoclonic seizures disappeared in 1 patient...
2019: Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports