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. 1985 Oct;48(10):1010–1014. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.48.10.1010

Complex partial seizures: EEG foci and response to carbamazepine and sodium valproate.

A K Gupta, P M Jeavons
PMCID: PMC1028540  PMID: 3932599

Abstract

The EEG and clinical records were reviewed of 85 subjects who had been treated for complex partial seizures with carbamazepine alone or with a combination of carbamazepine and sodium valproate. There was a correlation between the site of the EEG abnormality and the therapeutic response to anticonvulsant therapy. Subjects who had a left sided temporal lobe EEG abnormality responded better to carbamazepine alone, while those who had an abnormality on the right responded to a combination of carbamazepine and sodium valproate.

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