Early diagnosis and experimental treatment with fenfluramine via the Investigational New Drug mechanism in a boy with Dravet syndrome and recurrent status epilepticus

Epileptic Disord. 2021 Dec 1;23(6):954-956. doi: 10.1684/epd.2021.1345.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Drugs, Investigational / therapeutic use
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Epilepsies, Myoclonic* / diagnosis
  • Epilepsies, Myoclonic* / drug therapy
  • Epileptic Syndromes* / diagnosis
  • Epileptic Syndromes* / drug therapy
  • Fenfluramine* / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Spasms, Infantile* / diagnosis
  • Spasms, Infantile* / drug therapy
  • Status Epilepticus* / diagnosis
  • Status Epilepticus* / drug therapy

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Drugs, Investigational
  • Fenfluramine

Supplementary concepts

  • CDKL5 deficiency disorder