Emanuele Cerulli Irelli, Enrico Cocchi, Alessandra Morano, Joanna Gesche, Roberto H Caraballo, Simona Lattanzi, Gionata Strigaro, Cecilia Catania, Edoardo Ferlazzo, Angelo Pascarella, Sara Casciato, Pierpaolo Quarato, Chiara Pizzanelli, Patrizia Pulitano, Loretta Giuliano, Veronica Viola, Barbara Mostacci, Francesco Fortunato, Carla Marini, Giancarlo Di Gennaro, Antonio Gambardella, Angelo Labate, Francesca F Operto, Anna T Giallonardo, Betul Baykan, Christoph P Beier, Carlo Di Bonaventura
IMPORTANCE: After the recent limitations to prescribing valproate, many studies have highlighted the challenging management of female patients of reproductive age with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE). However, no study, to the authors' knowledge, has addressed the comparative effectiveness of alternative antiseizure medications (ASMs) in these patients. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness and safety of levetiracetam and lamotrigine as initial monotherapy in female patients of childbearing age with IGE...
November 1, 2023: JAMA Neurology