Effects of levetiracetam treatment on autonomic nervous system functions in pediatric epilepsy patients.

Meltem Çobanoğulları Direk Serdar EpcacanAsena Ayca ÖzdemirFahrettin UysalÇetin Okuyaz

Published in: Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2023)

Our study suggests that the sympathovagal balance before treatment in the patient group is in favor of the sympathetic nervous system and that the sympathovagal imbalance improves after treatment. Our results show that LEV monotherapy and loading have no negative effect on HRV and potential cardiac arrhythmia risk in children with epilepsy.

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