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Intervention Protocol

Antiepileptic drugs for the primary and secondary prevention of seizures after stroke

  1. Joseph Kwan1,
  2. Peter Hand2,
  3. Lucy Kinton3,
  4. Charlotte Cordonnier4

Editorial Group: Cochrane Epilepsy Group

Published Online: 7 OCT 2009

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005398

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  1. 1

    Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Bournemouth, UK

  2. 2

    Royal Melbourne Hospital, Department of Neurology, Victoria 3050, Australia

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    Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Department of Neurology, Heidelberg 3084, Australia

  4. 4

    Hôpital Roger Salengro, Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, Lille, France

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  1. Published Online: 7 OCT 2009

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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

We aim to assess the effects of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for the primary and secondary prevention of seizures after stroke.
(1) For the question of primary prevention, we aim to examine whether AEDs reduce the likelihood of seizures in patients who have had a stroke but have not had a seizure.
(2) For the question of secondary prevention, we aim to examine whether AEDs reduce the likelihood of further seizures in patients who have had a stroke and at least one post-stroke seizure.

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