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Read about studies of Keppra: Intermediate

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If you visit PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/), a service of the National Library of Medicine, you can read summaries of studies that have tested Keppra as well as other reports about this medication.

Here are links to some articles relevant to this subject:

Shorvon SD, Lowenthal A, Janz D, et al. Multicenter double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of levetiracetam as add-on therapy in patients with refractory partial seizures. European Levetiracetam Study Group. Epilepsia 2000 Sep;41(9):1179-86. PMID: 10999557.

Ben-Menachem E, Falter U. Efficacy and tolerability of levetiracetam 3000 mg/d in patients with refractory partial seizures: a multicenter, double-blind, responder-selected study evaluating monotherapy. European Levetiracetam Study Group. Epilepsia 2000 Oct;41(10):1276-83. PMID: 11051122.

Cramer JA, Ben Menachem E, French J. Review of treatment options for refractory epilepsy: new medications and vagal nerve stimulation. Epilepsy Res 2001 Nov;47(1-2):17-25. PMID: 11673017.

Read more about how to find and understand information in PubMed.


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