von Schoen-Angerer, TidoMadeleyn, RenéKienle, Gunver S.Kiene, HelmutVagedes, Jan2024-05-232024-05-232015von 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/10.1177/0883073814541473https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073814541473https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14430/431<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>Viscum albumEuropean mistletoeAbsence epilepsyIntegrative medicineCase reports/library/2021/3/13/viscum-album-in-the-treatment-of-a-girl-with-refractory-childhood-absence-epilepsy