Clonidine as an Adjunctive Treatment for Absence Seizures

Dreifuss, Fritz E.

Abstract

Pilot study of five patients with medically intractable absence seizures who will be studied clinically and electrographically before and during treatment with clonidine as an initial assessment of its possible anriepileptic properties and safety in this setting .

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
• Type: General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
• Project #: 5M01RR000847-17
• Application #: 3887094
• Support Year: 17
• Fiscal Year: 1990

Institution

• Name: University of Virginia
• DUNS #: 001910777
• City: Charlottesville
• State: VA
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 22904

Publications

Campbell, Garland A; Patrie, James T; Gaylinn, Bruce D et al. (2018) Oral ghrelin receptor agonist MK-0677 increases serum insulin-like growth factor 1 in hemodialysis patients: a randomized blinded study. Nephrol Dial Transplant 33:523-530

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Rynders, Corey A; Weltman, Judy Y; Malin, Steven K et al. (2016) Comparing Simple Insulin Sensitivity Indices to the Oral Minimal Model Postexercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc 48:66-72

Hu, Yinin; Kim, Helen; Blackwell, Christopher M et al. (2015) Long-term outcomes of helper peptide vaccination for metastatic melanoma. Ann Surg 262:456-64; discussion 462-4

Marozkina, Nadzeya V; Wang, Xin-Qun; Stsiapura, Vitali et al. (2015) Phenotype of asthmatics with increased airway S-nitrosoglutathione reductase activity. Eur Respir J 45:87-97

Nass, Ralf; Nikolayev, Alexander; Liu, Jianhua et al. (2015) The level of circulating octanoate does not predict ghrelin O-acyl transferase (GOAT)-mediated acylation of ghrelin during fasting. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 100:E110-3

Argo, Curtis K; Patrie, James T; Lackner, Carolin et al. (2015) Effects of n-3 fish oil on metabolic and histological parameters in NASH: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. J Hepatol 62:190-7

Chyun, Deborah A; Wackers, Frans J Th; Inzucchi, Silvio E et al. (2015) Autonomic dysfunction independently predicts poor cardiovascular outcomes in asymptomatic individuals with type 2 diabetes in the DIAD study. SAGE Open Med 3:2050312114568476

Swift, Damon L; Weltman, Judith Y; Patrie, James T et al. (2014) Predictors of improvement in endothelial function after exercise training in a diverse sample of postmenopausal women. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 23:260-6

Rembold, Christopher M; Suratt, Paul M (2014) Airway turbulence and changes in upper airway hydraulic diameter can be estimated from the intensity of high frequency inspiratory sounds in sleeping adults. J Physiol 592:3831-9