Anticonvulsant Medications in Mitochondrial Disease

Authors

  • Divakar S. Mithal Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Jonathan E. Kurz Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-3-3

Keywords:

Mitochondrial Disease, Epilepsy, Anti-Convulsant

Abstract

Researchers from Vienna, Austria and Sao Paulo, Brazil studied the known effects of anticonvulsant drugs on mitochondria, using a literature search to include only references to epilepsy associated with mitochondrial disease, and a specific anti-convulsant drug (i.e. levetiracetam) with a specific mitochondrial function (i.e. mitochondrial membrane potential).

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Published

2017-11-10

Issue

Vol 31, No 03 | Nov 2017

Section

Mitochondrial Cytopathies

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