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Seizure
; 21(3): 227-8, 2012 Apr.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22265576
RESUMO
Minocycline, a tetracycline family antibiotic, is known to inhibit microglial activation and proinflammatory cytokine release in animal models. Experimental data show that these immune processes may play a role in epilepto- and ictogenesis. We present the case of a patient with marked reduction in seizure frequency during minocycline therapy with severe symptomatic epilepsy due to an astrocytoma.