Substitution Monotherapy With Levetiracetam vs Older Antiepileptic Drugs A Randomized Comparative Trial

Tahir Hakami; Marian Todaro; Slave Petrovski; Lachlan MacGregor; Dennis Velakoulis; Meng Tan; Zelko Matkovic; Alexandra Gorelik; Danny Liew; Raju Yerra; Terence J O'Brien

Journal article

Substitution Monotherapy With Levetiracetam vs Older Antiepileptic Drugs A Randomized Comparative Trial

Tahir Hakami, Marian Todaro, Slave Petrovski, Lachlan MacGregor, Dennis Velakoulis, Meng Tan, Zelko Matkovic, Alexandra Gorelik, Danny Liew, Raju Yerra, Terence J O'Brien

Archives of Neurology | AMER MEDICAL ASSOC | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2012.2203

University of Melbourne Researchers

Zelko Matkovic Author

Alex Gorelik Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Marian Todaro Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Slave Petrovski Author Medicine - Austin Health

Terry O'Brien Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

Dr MacGregor has received research support from CSL, Amrad, Biogen Idec, and Prana and is currently an employee of Roche. Dr O'Brien has received research support from UCB Pharma, Sanofi, Janssen-Cilag, and Novartis as well as competitive grant support from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Royal Melbourne Hospital Research Foundation.This was an investigator-initiated study partly funded by UCB Pharma as well as the Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Foundation. Dr Hakami was supported by a PhD scholarship from Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia.