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Benoist C, Boccaletti S, Leach J, Cattaneo A, Chaplin A, Antunes L, et al.
Epilepsy Behav . 2023 Nov; 149:109540. PMID: 38006844
Objectives: To describe the demographics, clinical characteristics, drug treatment outcomes, healthcare resource utilization, and injuries among people with focal drug-resistant epilepsy (F-DRE) analysed separately for six European countries. Methods: We...
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Mitchell J, Noble A, Baker G, Batchelor R, Brigo F, Christensen J, et al.
Trials . 2022 Nov; 23(1):943. PMID: 36397081
Background: A Core Outcome Set (COS) is a standardised list of outcomes that should be reported as a minimum in all clinical trials. In epilepsy, the choice of outcomes varies...
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Askarieh A, MacBride-Stewart S, Kirby J, Fyfe D, Hassett R, Todd J, et al.
Seizure . 2022 Jun; 100:24-29. PMID: 35728343
Purpose: To evaluate service access for women with epilepsy (WWE) during pregnancy; to determine seizure frequency and rates of adherence to anti-seizure medication (ASM). Methods: Between June 2019-June 2020, pregnant...
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McTaggart S, MacColl G, Gronkowski K, Wood R, Leach J, Bennie M
BMJ Open . 2022 Apr; 12(4):e058312. PMID: 35418434
Objective: To examine the impact of Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) safety alerts on valproate prescribing among women aged 14-45 years in Scotland and examine trends in pregnancies...
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Marson A, Burnside G, Appleton R, Smith D, Leach J, Sills G, et al.
Health Technol Assess . 2021 Dec; 25(75):1-134. PMID: 34931602
Background: Levetiracetam (Keppra, UCB Pharma Ltd, Slough, UK) and zonisamide (Zonegran, Eisai Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan) are licensed as monotherapy for focal epilepsy, and levetiracetam is increasingly used as a...
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Craig J, Scott S, Leach J
Pract Neurol . 2021 Dec; 22(2):98-106. PMID: 34887343
Pregnancy is a time of physical, physiological and psychological challenge. For women with epilepsy, as well as its potential for joy and fulfilment, pregnancy may bring additional risks and difficulties....
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Hope D, Dewar A, Hothersall E, Leach J, Cameron I, Jaap A
BMJ Open . 2021 Sep; 11(9):e046056. PMID: 34479932
Objective: To measure Differential Attainment (DA) among Scottish medical students and to explore whether attainment gaps increase or decrease during medical school. Design: A retrospective analysis of undergraduate medical student...
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Marson A, Burnside G, Appleton R, Smith D, Leach J, Sills G, et al.
Lancet . 2021 Apr; 397(10282):1375-1386. PMID: 33838758
Background: Valproate is a first-line treatment for patients with newly diagnosed idiopathic generalised or difficult to classify epilepsy, but not for women of child-bearing potential because of teratogenicity. Levetiracetam is...
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Marson A, Burnside G, Appleton R, Smith D, Leach J, Sills G, et al.
Lancet . 2021 Apr; 397(10282):1363-1374. PMID: 33838757
Background: Levetiracetam and zonisamide are licensed as monotherapy for patients with focal epilepsy, but there is uncertainty as to whether they should be recommended as first-line treatments because of insufficient...
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Balabanova S, Taylor C, Sills G, Burnside G, Plumpton C, Smith P, et al.
BMJ Open . 2020 Aug; 10(8):e040635. PMID: 32847927
Introduction: Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are the mainstay of epilepsy treatment. Over the past 20 years, a number of new drugs have been approved for National Health Service (NHS) use on...