Viscum Album in the Treatment of a Girl With Refractory Childhood Absence Epilepsy

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dc.contributor.authorvon Schoen-Angerer, Tido
dc.contributor.authorMadeleyn, René
dc.contributor.authorKienle, Gunver S.
dc.contributor.authorKiene, Helmut
dc.contributor.authorVagedes, Jan
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-23T18:54:13Z
dc.date.available2024-05-23T18:54:13Z
dc.date.digitized2021-03-14 20:30:35
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstract<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>Viscum album (European mistletoe) extracts have known immunomodulatory effects but little data exist on anticonvulsant activity despite its usefulness having been reported for centuries. A 4½-year-old girl with childhood absence epilepsy and global developmental delay was treated with different antiepileptic drugs and ketogenic diet but failed to become seizure free over a 2-year period. She also received different herbal remedies as part of an integrative medicine approach. Initial improvement occurred on valproate-ethosuximide, a further improvement was seen after adding clobazam to valproate. Final cessation of absence activity occurred after a dose increase of V album. She was still seizure free at the 12-month follow-up. V album appears to have been a necessary adjunct treatment for this child to become seizure free. We call on physicians to report their experiences of V album in epilepsy and suggest further study.</p> <p><strong>Citation</strong>: von Schoen-Angerer, T., Madeleyn, R., Kienle, G., Kiene, H., &amp; Vagedes, J. (2015). Viscum Album in the Treatment of a Girl With Refractory Childhood Absence Epilepsy. <em>Journal of Child Neurology</em>, <em>30</em>(8), 1048–1052. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073814541473" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073814541473</a></p>
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dc.identifier.citationvon Schoen-Angerer, T., Madeleyn, R., Kienle, G., Kiene, H., & Vagedes, J. (2015). Viscum Album in the Treatment of a Girl With Refractory Childhood Absence Epilepsy. Journal of Child Neurology, 30(8), 1048–1052. https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073814541473
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0883073814541473
dc.identifier.externalUrl/library/2021/3/13/viscum-album-in-the-treatment-of-a-girl-with-refractory-childhood-absence-epilepsy
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14430/431
dc.subject.otherViscum album
dc.subject.otherEuropean mistletoe
dc.subject.otherAbsence epilepsy
dc.subject.otherIntegrative medicine
dc.subject.otherCase reports
dc.titleViscum Album in the Treatment of a Girl With Refractory Childhood Absence Epilepsy
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleJ Child Neurology
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