Levetiracetam versus phenytoin for second-line treatment of paediatric convulsive status epilepticus (EcLiPSE): a multicentre, open-label, randomised trial

Mark D Lyttle, Naomi E A Rainford, Carrol Gamble, Shrouk Messahel, Amy Humphreys, Helen Hickey, Kerry Woolfall, Louise Roper, Joanne Noblet, Elizabeth D Lee, Sarah Potter, Paul Tate, Anand Iyer, Vicki Evans, Richard E Appleton, Matthew Pereira, Susie Hardwick, Shrouk Messahel, Joanne Noblet, Elizabeth D Lee, Rachel Greenwood-Bibby, Mark Buchanan, Lucy Lewis, Sharon Hughes, Stuart Hartshorn, Louise Rogers, Juliet Hopkins, Mark D Lyttle, Daphin Fernandez, Sarah Potter, Holly R Lavigne-Smith, Phoebe Moulsdale, Alice Smith, Tracey Bingham, James Ross, Natasha Ramsey, Jo Hacking, Niall Mullen, Paul P Corrigan, Sarah Prudhoe, Hani Faza, Gisela Robinson, Rachel C Sunley, Coral J Smith, Vanessa Unsworth, John Criddle, Martin Laque, Alyce B Sheedy, Mark Anderson, Kathryn Bell, Kirsty Devine, Alex Scott, Ramesh Kumar, Sonia Armstrong, Emer Sutherland, Fleur Cantle, Sinead Helyer, Paul Riozzi, Hannah Cotton, Alice J Downes, Helen Mollard, Damian Roland, Felix Hay, Christopher Gough, Sonya Finucane, Catherine Bevan, Rebecca Ramsay, Emily Walton, Julie-Ann Maney, Elizabeth Dalzell, Muriel Millar, Rachel J Howells, Andy Appelboam, Daisy Mackle, Jennie Small, Ashleigh Neil, Vince Choudhery, Stewart MacLeod, Jen Browning, Thomas O'Neill, Julia Grahamslaw, Ami Parikh, Imogen Skene, Rhys Thomas, Katherine Potier de la Morandiere, Jill L Wilson, Donna Danziger, Derek Burke, Shammi Ramlakhan, Jayne Evans, Julie Morcombe, Stuart Gormley, Jason M Barling, Katrina Cathie, Jane Bayreuther, Ruth Ensom, Yasser Iqbal, Sarah Rounding, Joanne Mulligan, Claire Bell, Shona McLellan, Shona Leighton, Tina Sajjanhar, Maggie Nyirenda, Laura Crome, Neil Williamson, Anastasia Alcock, Sara Edwards, Jeff Morgan, Colin VE Powell, Chaniyil A Ramesh, Solomon Kamal-Uddin, Mike Linney, Katia Vamvakiti, Sharon Floyd, Gill Hobden

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30724-x
Published: 2019-05
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@article{allodium:10.1016/s0140-6736-19-30724-x,
  title = {Levetiracetam versus phenytoin for second-line treatment of paediatric convulsive status epilepticus (EcLiPSE): a multicentre, open-label, randomised trial},
  author = {Mark D Lyttle and Naomi E A Rainford and Carrol Gamble and Shrouk Messahel and Amy Humphreys and Helen Hickey and Kerry Woolfall and Louise Roper and Joanne Noblet and Elizabeth D Lee and Sarah Potter and Paul Tate and Anand Iyer and Vicki Evans and Richard E Appleton and Matthew Pereira and Susie Hardwick and Shrouk Messahel and Joanne Noblet and Elizabeth D Lee and Rachel Greenwood-Bibby and Mark Buchanan and Lucy Lewis and Sharon Hughes and Stuart Hartshorn and Louise Rogers and Juliet Hopkins and Mark D Lyttle and Daphin Fernandez and Sarah Potter and Holly R Lavigne-Smith and Phoebe Moulsdale and Alice Smith and Tracey Bingham and James Ross and Natasha Ramsey and Jo Hacking and Niall Mullen and Paul P Corrigan and Sarah Prudhoe and Hani Faza and Gisela Robinson and Rachel C Sunley and Coral J Smith and Vanessa Unsworth and John Criddle and Martin Laque and Alyce B Sheedy and Mark Anderson and Kathryn Bell and Kirsty Devine and Alex Scott and Ramesh Kumar and Sonia Armstrong and Emer Sutherland and Fleur Cantle and Sinead Helyer and Paul Riozzi and Hannah Cotton and Alice J Downes and Helen Mollard and Damian Roland and Felix Hay and Christopher Gough and Sonya Finucane and Catherine Bevan and Rebecca Ramsay and Emily Walton and Julie-Ann Maney and Elizabeth Dalzell and Muriel Millar and Rachel J Howells and Andy Appelboam and Daisy Mackle and Jennie Small and Ashleigh Neil and Vince Choudhery and Stewart MacLeod and Jen Browning and Thomas O'Neill and Julia Grahamslaw and Ami Parikh and Imogen Skene and Rhys Thomas and Katherine Potier de la Morandiere and Jill L Wilson and Donna Danziger and Derek Burke and Shammi Ramlakhan and Jayne Evans and Julie Morcombe and Stuart Gormley and Jason M Barling and Katrina Cathie and Jane Bayreuther and Ruth Ensom and Yasser Iqbal and Sarah Rounding and Joanne Mulligan and Claire Bell and Shona McLellan and Shona Leighton and Tina Sajjanhar and Maggie Nyirenda and Laura Crome and Neil Williamson and Anastasia Alcock and Sara Edwards and Jeff Morgan and Colin VE Powell and Chaniyil A Ramesh and Solomon Kamal-Uddin and Mike Linney and Katia Vamvakiti and Sharon Floyd and Gill Hobden},
  year = {2019},
  journal = {The Lancet},
  doi = {10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30724-x},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30724-x}
}

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APA

Lyttle, M. D., Rainford, N. E. A., Gamble, C., Messahel, S., Humphreys, A., Hickey, H., Woolfall, K., Roper, L., Noblet, J., Lee, E. D., Potter, S., Tate, P., Iyer, A., Evans, V., Appleton, R. E., Pereira, M., Hardwick, S., Messahel, S., Noblet, J., Lee, E. D., Greenwood-Bibby, R., Buchanan, M., Lewis, L., Hughes, S., Hartshorn, S., Rogers, L., Hopkins, J., Lyttle, M. D., Fernandez, D., Potter, S., Lavigne-Smith, H. R., Moulsdale, P., Smith, A., Bingham, T., Ross, J., Ramsey, N., Hacking, J., Mullen, N., Corrigan, P. P., Prudhoe, S., Faza, H., Robinson, G., Sunley, R. C., Smith, C. J., Unsworth, V., Criddle, J., Laque, M., Sheedy, A. B., Anderson, M., Bell, K., Devine, K., Scott, A., Kumar, R., Armstrong, S., Sutherland, E., Cantle, F., Helyer, S., Riozzi, P., Cotton, H., Downes, A. J., Mollard, H., Roland, D., Hay, F., Gough, C., Finucane, S., Bevan, C., Ramsay, R., Walton, E., Maney, J., Dalzell, E., Millar, M., Howells, R. J., Appelboam, A., Mackle, D., Small, J., Neil, A., Choudhery, V., MacLeod, S., Browning, J., O'Neill, T., Grahamslaw, J., Parikh, A., Skene, I., Thomas, R., Morandiere, K. P. D. L., Wilson, J. L., Danziger, D., Burke, D., Ramlakhan, S., Evans, J., Morcombe, J., Gormley, S., Barling, J. M., Cathie, K., Bayreuther, J., Ensom, R., Iqbal, Y., Rounding, S., Mulligan, J., Bell, C., McLellan, S., Leighton, S., Sajjanhar, T., Nyirenda, M., Crome, L., Williamson, N., Alcock, A., Edwards, S., Morgan, J., Powell, C. V., Ramesh, C. A., Kamal-Uddin, S., Linney, M., Vamvakiti, K., Floyd, S., & Hobden, G. (2019). Levetiracetam versus phenytoin for second-line treatment of paediatric convulsive status epilepticus (EcLiPSE): a multicentre, open-label, randomised trial. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30724-x

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