110 patients with severe refractory epilepsy, who previously had not perceived any beneficial effects from at least three different AEDs, fulfilled the study inclusion and exclusion criteria.
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When those do not work, a second intravenous antiseizure medication is started, but about one quarter of patients continue to experience seizures, termed refractory status epilepticus (RSE).
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