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Nov 2024
22m 15s

Understanding Acute Symptomatic Seizures

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
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Dr. Halley Alexander talks with Dr. Vineet Punia about factors influencing the decision to continue or discontinue anti-seizure medications at discharge for patients hospitalized with acute symptomatic seizures. 

Read the related article in JAMA.  

Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

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