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<journal>
<title>Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran</title>
<title_fa>مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران</title_fa>
<short_title>Med J Islam Repub Iran</short_title>
<subject>Medical Sciences</subject>
<web_url>http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir</web_url>
<journal_hbi_system_id>2</journal_hbi_system_id>
<journal_hbi_system_user>journal2</journal_hbi_system_user>
<journal_id_issn>1016-1430</journal_id_issn>
<journal_id_issn_online>2251-6840</journal_id_issn_online>
<journal_id_pii>8</journal_id_pii>
<journal_id_doi>10.18869/mjiri</journal_id_doi>
<journal_id_iranmedex></journal_id_iranmedex>
<journal_id_magiran></journal_id_magiran>
<journal_id_sid>14</journal_id_sid>
<journal_id_nlai>8888</journal_id_nlai>
<journal_id_science>13</journal_id_science>
<language>en</language>
<pubdate>
	<type>jalali</type>
	<year>1378</year>
	<month>5</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<pubdate>
	<type>gregorian</type>
	<year>1999</year>
	<month>8</month>
	<day>1</day>
</pubdate>
<volume>13</volume>
<number>2</number>
<publish_type>online</publish_type>
<publish_edition>1</publish_edition>
<article_type>fulltext</article_type>
<articleset>
	<article>


	<language>en</language>
	<article_id_doi></article_id_doi>
	<title_fa></title_fa>
	<title>EFFICACY AND SAFE TY OF LAMOTRIGINE AS A DD-ON THE RAPY IN 132 CHILDREN AND ADULT IRANIAN PATIENTS WITH TREATMENT-RESISTANT EPILEPSY</title>
	<subject_fa>Pediatric</subject_fa>
	<subject>Pediatric</subject>
	<content_type_fa>Original Research</content_type_fa>
	<content_type>Original Research</content_type>
	<abstract_fa></abstract_fa>
	<abstract>This study was initiated to evaluate the long-term safety, tolerability and
efficacy of seizure control of lamotrigine (LTG) in children and adult patients with
partial seizures (PS) with or without secondary generalized seizure. A total of 132
patients (age 5-41 years) with treatment-resistant epilepsy received LTG as addon
therapy for up to four years. Overall, patients were treated with LTG for 27 -226
weeks. The global assessment of seizure control compared to the three-month
period before starting LTG treatment indicated that seizure control was gradually
maintained during long-term LTG treatment for up to four years. The medical
history of 23 patients who had a significant decrease in the number of seizures with
LTG treatment indicated a subjective improvement in behavior, alertness, and
quality of life. All 132 patients who received LTG as add-on therapy had used 2-
4 anti-convulsive medications 2-7 years before entering this open continuation
study. Patients had 7-45 seizures per month throughout the 3 months before
entering this study. The overall decrease in the number of seizures was 58% after
patients started receiving LTG. LTG was well tolerated. The majority of adverse
effects were classified as being mild in intensity and only 5 patients (4%) were
withdrawn from the study due to adverse effects (skin rash).
</abstract>
	<keyword_fa></keyword_fa>
	<keyword></keyword>
	<start_page>107</start_page>
	<end_page>110</end_page>
	<web_url>http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-298-402&amp;slc_lang=en&amp;sid=1</web_url>


<author_list>
	<author>
	<first_name>AZAR</first_name>
	<middle_name></middle_name>
	<last_name>FALLAH</last_name>
	<suffix></suffix>
	<first_name_fa></first_name_fa>
	<middle_name_fa></middle_name_fa>
	<last_name_fa></last_name_fa>
	<suffix_fa></suffix_fa>
	<email></email>
	<code>20031947532846004641</code>
	<orcid>20031947532846004641</orcid>
	<coreauthor>Yes
</coreauthor>
	<affiliation>From the Department of Pediatrics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.</affiliation>
	<affiliation_fa></affiliation_fa>
	 </author>


</author_list>


	</article>
</articleset>
</journal>
